A change of pace - The tradies are coming

With most of the thick mud cleared and almost all the water-damaged goods and rubbish now removed from the pavements, the focus has been on getting the tradies lined up to quote and repair: Electricians, carpenters, carpet layers...

Wednesday 18/1/2011 after the floods - A much quieter and cleaner street

At our apartment building yesterday the electrician, lift technicians and plumbers (pumping out the lift shaft) were all busy.

I cleared the last of the rubbish and did some more cleaning, but most importantly cleaned the big gas barbie which, fortunately, had been chained to the wall. After all what's the point of having a roof over you head if you don't have a barbie out the back?

The foyer of our apartment building

 

Tomorrow I'm off to help Brisbane's favourite art-supply shop - The Art-Shed - recover from being flooded.
It's a great shop that carries a wide range of stock, but is located in the basement of a building, so once the water came in it didn't stand a chance. The entire place was left filled with a mush of paper, paints, canvasses and brushes. Have a look at the photos on their web site, and if you're in Brisbane please support them.

In the afternoon I'm going to help Volunteering Queensland - The organisation managing volunteers for the cleanup - with "databasing" the thousands of emails they've received with offers of help.