[Dialogue] Greetings from Point Lonsdale, Victoria

[frank bremner]

Greetings colleagues and friends,
 
Firstly, condolences to the Wiegel family on the loss of your small loved one.
 
Secondly, here during the ToP/ICA Retreat over the past week, we held a memorial ceremony for our beloved friend and colleague Elaine Richmond.  Ray had a series of slides which were shown.  He also had a series of slides of the words to "The Rose", Elaine's favourite song.
 
Thirdly, some of us lit a candle after the last meal, as we thought of Sandra True, who several of us had met in India and/or Chicago.  I met Bob and Sandra when they returned from India in mid-1978 for the Global Research Assembly in Chicago in July.  And I met young Lyn True up on the third floor children's program.  
 
Finally, some news on some of our Queensland colleagues and the disasterous floods:
a) Rilla and Sandra, and some of their family members, were evacuated to safety, so we missed catching up with the sisters of the late Carol Borovic.
b) David Jago was with us.  He praises the deep protective trench in front of his house.
c) Ray Richmond was with us, and his Brisbane housing was safe.
d) John and Julie Miesen were with us, after driving from Adelaide and NSW (?).  Their property is OK, although their street and local shops are apparently flooded.
 
All of the above, and others, have friends and relatives they've been enquiring about.  At the beginning of the week the evening news services were extended on most TV channels, to cover breaking news.  Support was coming from across the country, and from Indonesia.  It will take a massive re-construction effort.
 
There's been some rain in Victoria.  Sue Cole and I travelled from Adelaide along the Great Ocean Road, along the Victoria coast.  We had to slow down a couple of times due to roadworks due to landslides.  We've heard since that the Road has been completely closed off due to more landslides.  We were planning to return via a different route, anyway!
 
News on our week's proceedings will be in the next edition of Pacific Waves.
 
Grace and Peace
 
Frank Bremner 		 	   		  
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