Wow, what a way to start the year....here's the short version :)

Brisbane Flood 2011

As post production work on Still Waters and Tin God started to slow a few friends and myself got started shooting the trailer for another upcoming film.

What we didn't realise as we started to shoot was that Brisbane was about to have it's worst flood since 1974.

With everyone else wrapped and gone home on Monday night, cameraman Pete Fragoudakis and myself continued on Tuesday night to get the final few shots. Cut off from going home by the rising water I had to resign myself to the fact that my home was going under....not really how I had intended on spending my birthday.

A few weeks later I was finally able to return home but with a steady stream of builders through it hasn't meant that I actually feel at home yet.

A few nights ago northern Queensland was struck by a category 5 cyclone which has caused enormous damage to several towns, Sydney in a heat wave, Victoria being flooded and bush fires tearing through Perth it is certainly not the best start to the year for most of Australia.


My thoughts go out to everyone who has been affected by all of these disasters and especially to those who have lost loved ones. And hope that everyones fortunes begin to take a turn for the better.

Brisbane Flood 2011

Brisbane Flood 2011