General News
30 November, 2024
Flood stories collected for special book
CENTRAL Victorian author Lucy Mayes is collecting local stories for a new book on the October 22 floods in Loddon communities. Goldfields Libraries expects to publish the book A Different Flood next year. Stories of resilience and recovery will...
CENTRAL Victorian author Lucy Mayes is collecting local stories for a new book on the October 22 floods in Loddon communities.
Goldfields Libraries expects to publish the book A Different Flood next year.
Stories of resilience and recovery will feature in the book. Sharing recollections of the flood emergency. In the Bridgewater district are Colleen Condliffe, Tim Ferguson, Virginia Hyland, Tim Birthisel, Nicole Cox and the Brown family.
Newbridge’s Ron Trimble and Kaye Graham and Serpentine’s Jess Penny, Russell and Brian Gladman have also been part of Lucy’s “story catching” interviews.
Steve Mann from Pyramid Hill and Boort district’s Donna Doyle and Jo Bear will also feature in the book.
A small print run will see A Different Flood distributed to project participants, neighbourhood houses, schools and libraries.
The October 2022 flood came within a metre of the record inundation along the Loddon River in January 2011.
Newbridge Recreation Reserve went under water for the second time with the community rallying to repair damage and have sport back at the reserve within eight months.
Flood-hit businesses in Bridgewater re-opened days after the October 14 floods that slowly made their way to northern Loddon communities.