There have been many wonderful volunteers helping folk clean their houses, clothes, and belongings. Love you all.

If you have Facebook access, there is a great group of helpful people that are connecting one on one and helping. Go to: When Gympie Floods and join - it's easy.

Other Services

Orange Sky Laundry - Sunshine Coast - Mikey

Their mobile laundry truck has been at the Civic Centre several times already to wash and dry clothing and linen at no cost.

Next visit is planned for:-

• No dates confirmed at this stage. You can go to the Orange Sky locations page and search for 'CRS" to find where their Community Recovery Support efforts currently are.

As I find more information on other cleaning services and assistance, I'll post them here. If you know of any information to assist those in need, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Hi all. I am gathering resources together and will be publishing them here:-

• So that those that have have suffered from the recent flooding event in the Gympie area can find resources that match their needs.
• So that those generous helpers who wish to donate goods and services can link up with the best crew for them.
• To highlight who and where needs the most help.
• Publish calls for help.
• Publish warnings of future events.
• To have a resource that everyone with a web browser can see. Things get buried or missed very quickly on social media.

Please send any updates and information I have missed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or text them to me (Graham) on 0409 723 008. You can try calling but I am in a bad reception area and may miss your call.

I will try to keep things grouped by the type of resource or service as best I can. I started adding information in a blog style under the menu entry "Disaster". I am now in the process of re-organising the material in a better layout. The Quick Access section on some pages will give you a way of navigating by topic.

Thank you to all the great and generous people in this region pulling together for those less fortunate. Love you all!

My apologies for not getting onto this sooner. My first priority was to a commitment I have with Gympie Medical Transport which is now operating again.

This post covers what we currently know about electricity, gas, water and sewerage or septic systems

There are electricians available for free electrical safety checks.

The Electrican Trades Union Qld & NT are conducting free safety checks for community clubs, not-for-profit orgs, pensioners, sole parents, and those uninsured.
"Operation Energise is a go! This week, we're sending crews to the Gympie and Bundamba/Goodna regions to assist flood-affected communities.
Call us on 1800 388 937 tomorrow to make an appointment"

The above offer is from 7th-18th March 2022. See their post on Facebook here.

Electri-Coast QLD, based on the sunny coast, is offering free electrical safety tests. Sam  is pretty busy down the coast, he has existing customers in Gympie already and will travel up here but only on set days. Call Sam on 0457 432 484.

You can see their Facebook post here.

The state government have grants in place for safety inspections and repairs:-

• Inspection: up to $200 towards a safety inspection for each essential service needing reconnection (electricity, gas, water and sewerage or septic system)
• Repair: up to $4200 towards repair work to enable essential services to be reconnected (for example, electrical rewiring).

These grants are income tested and available for uninsured or unable to claim. The following link on the official website has more information.

https://www.qld.gov.au/community/disasters-emergencies/disasters/money-finance/types-grants/essential-serv-safety-reconnect

If anyone has more information about any other services available, please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we'll post it here.

The amount of donations flooding (SIC) into Gympie is truly amazing. There is that much that the storage facilities are filling up.

There are two groups of affected people:

1. Those whose houses are so badly affected that they may not yet be able to start the cleaning process.
   Some of these folk are waiting on insurance assessors before cleaning up.
2. Those who have less damage and have been able to access their houses.
   Some of these have already had the assessors in, and others have taken it on themselves to start the cleanup.

For those in the 1st group, we need to hand out hand soap, body soap, shampoo, conditioner, face washers, dark towels, moisturiser, razors, toothbrushes, toothpaste. A lot of these people won't have had a decent shower or brushed their teeth since last Friday, so these will go down a treat.

For those in the 2nd group, they are going to need sugar soap, sponges, scourers, mops, brooms, dust pans and brushes, multiple pairs of rubber gloves, chux (by the truck load). Glass cleaner, paper towel.

I am monitoring a couple of facebook groups to determine what is needed now versus later. Stay tuned.