TULLY

Well today was our first day of volunteer work here in Tully. Along with another couple from Tasmania we cooked curried chicken & rice last night for the 20 odd volunteers here, which is apparently what all new-comers do here on their first night. Our team today was a group of 5 people (photo). The property we were working on today is owned by a  lady called Cath and she is struggling on her own with 2 school aged children. She has 10 acres upon which they live and keep 3 horses and several chickens. Trees were broken and leaning over in her paddocks, so most of the work was using a chainsaw to fell these trees and clear all the cyclone debris from the paddocks. Hazards here are: Paralysis Ticks and BIG Python snakes, so Lesley was petrified naturally! Cyclone damage around this town & countryside is terrible and we will take some photos soon. Tomorrow we are having a day off as we want to travel up to Innisfail with the Suzuki to do some shopping etc.