In 2008 I sold the house in Diamond Harbour and following the nightmare of my son’s testicular cancer, the kids and I had a fantastic holiday in England. Unfortunately, while we were away the company I’d been working for had been sold to a global organisation. Staff were being laid off and I was one … Continue reading The Move to Newcastle
The date was 4 September and the time four thirty five When the ground beneath our city gave a jolt and came alive The earth began to shudder and I heard a mighty boom And the stuff inside my bedroom started flying round the room I heard a lot of smashing as I lay there … Continue reading Christchurch Earthquake – 04 September 2010
I never thought for an instant that I would consider leaving Diamond Harbour and return to Australia to live. But I also never dreamed that on September 4th, 2010, I would be woken at 4:35am by a shallow magnitude 7.1 earthquake centred only 70km from my home. The night before the earthquake was a Friday … Continue reading September 04, 2010 – The Christchurch Earthquake
