The double dongas hit the village

Well the Village keeps on growing and the first of the two bedroom Portable Chalets (formerly known as Dongas) hit town yesterday. Those guys from Fortescue are unbelievable.

They will be great for a small family and they look really good.



We are getting power into the village via SP Ausnet which will give us the capacity to house a lot more people. Electricians are putting all the wiring in place and we will be ready to go very soon.



If you are a resident of Flowerdale and are thinking of coming back talk to your DHS case manager and let them know you are interested or drop me a line pewilliams@deloitte.com.au and I can give you some background information.

Our donations site is going well, we have got our second car, which will be useful for a family that has lost their means of transport. www.flowerdalerelief.com

I am working with InfoXchange to get computers to people who lost their own computer in the fires. Slight problem is that across the state there have been 560 requests and to date we have got 120 computers from organisations like NAB, Telstra, Deloitte and some personal ones that have been donated. If you have more computers than you know what to do with and want to free up some space let me know and we can get them out into the field.

The Community meeting this week has been moved to Friday night at 8.00pm at the Recreation Reserve.

By the way if you want to come up and have a look you can get into town by taking the Hume Highway to the Broadford/Flowerdale exit and turn right into the Strath Creek Rd. There are no road blocks and Steve and Viv at the pub do the best Chicken Parma going around so drop in, you will be amazed to experience the community spirit in a time of tragedy. Much better vibe than the doom and gloom of the financial crisis.