Flooded out
By W Bro Joe Corrigan
Northern Rivers lodge devastated If you talk to the residents of Lismore, on the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, the one word that keeps getting mentioned is ‘biblical’.
T
he Wilsons River, which runs through Lismore received some of the highest rainfall ever recorded in its catchment area with more than 700mm of rain falling in a 30-hour period in late February. To put this into perspective, this is nearly Sydney’s annual rainfall.
4
June 2022
This wall of water inundated the Wil sons, Richmond and Tweed river valleys causing unexpected and unprecedented destruction to everything in its path. Lismore, Ballina, Alstonville, Murwillumbah and many others lay in its path and now that the floods are no longer headline news these communities
are left to the gruelling task of rebuilding. As well as being the District Grand Inspector of Workings for District 11, covering Lismore, Ballina, Tweed and Byron, VW Bro Todd Shadbolt is the local butcher. He is based in Murwillumbah and lost his company vehicle and the
Humility – Kindness – Generosity
Freemason
