The true OZ spirit

Queensland’s premier Anna Bleigh with teary eyes said
"As we weep for what we have lost, and as we grieve for family and friends and we confront the challenge that is before us, I want us to remember who we are. We are Queenslanders. We're the people that they breed tough, north of the border. We're the ones that they knock down, and we get up again.This weather may break our hearts ... but it will not break our will "

After the water reside, with more than 30,000 homes destroyed and filled with mud, at least 20,000 volunteers so they called ‘Broom and Bucket squad’ came to stranger’s house with their broom and bucket and start cleaning the thick mud.

There are many heroic stories when the flood hit. The one that brings tears in my eyes is the story of 13 years old boy - Jordan Rice

Jordan, his brother (Blake) and his mother were trapped in a car when a flash flood swept through Toowoomba. Jordan was terrified of water and couldn't swim. But as the teenager crouched on the top of his mother's car - water raging around them - he begged a rescuer to save his little brother Blake first.

The rope tying mother and son to the car snapped and the pair was tossed into the swirling floods before the stranger/truckie that pulled Blake to safety was able to return for them.

I have lived in Australia for 3 years, and this is the first time I’ve seen an ‘OZ spirit’. My impression for the people from the land down under has been ‘Ignorant, commercialism, they had it easy but they still complain about it’,’ lack of compassion’. Well that’s what portrayed by the OZ media.

An example: During the rebellion war in Bangladesh 2009, most media all over the world focused on how thousands lost their homes, and died. At the same time, OZ media was focusing on how we should treat the HORSES that are not fit for race anymore. What’s the humane way of ‘disposing’ these HORSES?

The media doesn’t like to discuss big issues like War, conflicts, or poverty in their own backyard which endured by the Aboriginals, etc..

But looking at how people come together in this crisis, it just shows that Australians has great compassion in them. If the media educate people on the big issues, they would show their ‘OZ Spirit’ once again.