Clare and her husband Christian live in the Brisbane suburb of Rocklea. Their downstairs areas of their house were completely flooded. Christian had gone away for work, and without power and surrounded by floodwater Clare had little knowledge about what was/wasn’t safe to do. Could she drink the tap water? Was the water safe to walk through? She watched as looters on boats and kayaks came through the street stealing things like air conditioner units. The flood waters resided a couple of days later, but it was 10 days before Clare’s property had power again.

Clare acknowledges that the environmental challenges we face can be overwhelming. “People don’t realise that it’s a collective effort. It’s not just you, it’s everything adding up together.”