Yesterday after work, I drove down to Brisbane to go check out what was going on and photograph some of the mayhem. So my friends and I drove to another friends house - where we actually had my welcome home party only a few weeks ago all together. This time though, we all stood up the street from it, at the waters edge looking at the water engulfing the street, houses, pay phone booths and anything else that was in it's path. One of the weirdest things was driving down a street and then suddenly being at a new lake - with kayakers, boaters, and swimmers where solid ground used to be, but the one that made it the most glaringly shocking was seeing a street lined with cars along an incline. The first white van had hgih tide marks all the way to the roof where the dirty water had receded along. Next was a red four door with the front headlights peering out above the murkiness; and finally all you could see a sliver of what looked like a white hummer. Bummer hummer.
The attitude of the Australian people is astounding. Talk about survivors and optimistic even at the most heart-wrenching of times. For the most part, people are volunteering their help, their clothes, and even opening their homes to strangers to help out their fellow Australian. It's amazing, and makes you proud to be an Australian. I'll pop-pictures up once I get them developed!
