About 40 people turned up which was great for such little notice in the middle of the summer holiday season. It was great to hear the heart-felt prayers of so many people.
I have been really impressed over the last week or so with a number of things I have seen in the TV coverage:
- The leadership of Queensland Premier Anna Bligh who clearly loves the people of Queensland and is now rising to a huge long-term rebuilding project.
- The heroism of many ordinary people- some in uniform but many not
- The generosity of the people of Australia in their support for the relief funds
- Traffic jams caused by people volunteering to help clean out houses in Brisbane
- The lack of looting and other opportunistic crimes- sure there was some but it has been minor
There are many other things that could be said about these floods, but I think that they have brought out the true sense of generous good-heartedness or "mateship" that has always been a part of Australian culture- it gets hidden in the good times but rises to the surface when things get tough.
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