On Saturday afternoon (7th Feb) I recieved an SMS that the MMM offices had been destroyed www.mmm.org.au - if I had followed my original plan I would have been right there. Amazingly there were no fatalities at the site in the hills behind Whittlesea (Humevale). Sadly some of the staff have lost homes and family. They remain in our thougts and prayers.

It had been my intention to stay at the MMM head office for the weekend of Feb 7/8. However I suddenly felt compelled to go home to Queensland to spend time with the family and on Tuesday 3rd I drove to Newcastle, left the truck with friends and caught a plane to the Gold Coast on Wednesday afternoon.