Bonshaw with Sue and Frank - 1st to 10th December

We had always planned to call into the farm at Bonshaw and visit my sister Sue and Brother-in-Law Frank but we wanted to stay on considerably longer to give them a helping hand on the farm. You see, they were hit by a devastating storm on the afternoon of the 29th November. There are two houses on the property and the new house lost it's roof. Behind the house was a new 30m x 12m steel farm shed, this was totally demolished. We helped Sue and Frank remove all the furniture from the house so that the 'tradies' could get in to make repairs. Fortunately the house was vacant at the time so there is no personal injury.

The house with no roof. About 25 mm of rain fell during and after the storm.

The house viewed from the shed area. The steel that is strewn across the yard is the remains of the shed. The house walls and windows are all intact. The roof is completely removed, all plaster and the floating timber floor is water damaged.

The interior of the Living Room. The SES came in and covered some of the furniture.

The spare bedroom.

Some of the shed steel wrapped around the end of the house.

Roof battens from the house, looking from the front balcony of the house.

Steel debris and insulation is spread for over a kilometre across the paddocks.

The two vehicles and the caravan received only minor damage but the shed is devastated.

Columns and roof trusses are just twisted masses.

The bolts used in the construction have sheared letting everything collapse.

The twin tube flouro light on this wall section somehow survived intact.

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