I moved back to my home on the Gold Coast after being away for twenty years. In the Three years I’ve been back I have witnessed storms so violent and quick that it has been a big shock.
Broadbeach, QLD
I moved back to my home on the Gold Coast after being away for twenty years. In the Three years I’ve been back I have witnessed storms so violent and quick that it has been a big shock. Being brought up here all my life I have known and lived through many storms, cyclones etc but the storms and wind now are very different. They are sudden, extremely violent, and unpredictable. The wind is much more prevalent and consistent. I have found it difficult to witness these changes and have noticed the sea changes during this period also. When I was younger the sea had many more calm days than I see now. The surf is often more violent and dumpy (chutney) than it used to be. Once you could have nice swims in gentle swells… this is not possible ver often now. As I said I’ve been away for twenty years so these changes are very noticeable to someone who lived their life here on the coast.
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I live on 6 acres of farmland, adjacent to state forest. This summer has been unlike any other. We had a dry summer storm spark a bushfire that came so close to houses. We’ve had three heatwaves this summer. Now, still no rain and the bore which supplies my house (which has been operational since the 70s) has run dry. All of the dams on surrounding farms are dry (which my neighbours haven’t seen before). Trees are dying in the bush. Farmers are having emergency meetings about the lack of feed available for their livestock. Every day, emus and kangaroos are coming into the paddock in search of food and water. Our whole community is incredibly anxious because if a bushfire starts before the rains come, we are all totally screwed. There are no dams that contain any water for the waterbombers to access to help fight any fires that break out. We can’t just let this be the new normal.
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