Dongas in the Village

After a long journey from Perth the first of the Dongas (miners accommodation) arrived in the Flowerdale Village. They have been provided by Fortescue Metals and are in great nick. Each unit has a bedroom, bathroom, bench and desk and there are four in each of the dongas. They have electricity, plumbing, TV antenna and will be a great boost to the Village and local residents left homeless after Black Saturday.

Flowerdale rebuilding gets government support

At the Flowerdale Recovery Team meeting it was announced that the Premier John Brumby has given in principle support to help fund the builing of a temporary village that the community has already began to establish.

In another boost Major General John Cantwell, the Chief Operating Officer of the Victorian Bushfire Recovery and Reconstruction Authority will visit Flowerdale to get things moving for the temporary village.

The Recovery team has set the target for ten units in two weeks and with the help of the VBRRA will get there. This is great news for the town and follows yestereday when the school reopened with almost a full attendance.

The tireless work of many of the townspeople, the community committee and the volunteers is paying off. I will post the press release as soon as i can get it.

The fighting Flowerdallians continue to punch way above their weight