Tornado in Vic.

[Capt. Gadget]

Just saw the news here tonight hope all are well after that shocking Tornado in Victoria

 

[chartrock]

Unbelievable damage in the caravan park, every van destroyed. A couple of serious injuries, a number of minor injuries but no deaths, very lucky. You southeners sure mix it up with fire flood and tornados I hope it all settles down soon.

 

[Matty4]

Yep....was a terrible thing to happen.
Luckily there was no deaths recorded, just lots of damage..

I have a waterfront cabin in Denison County Caravan Park in Mulwala.
What's left of my cabin is in the green circle


A pic of my boat behind the cabin (taken off the TV news tonight)
You can just make it out in the top of the green circle.



My brothers van up the back of the park has been completely destroyed
This is where a 40ft caravan and aluminium annexe was located...

 

[chartrock]

Geez Matty, that's really tough, just glad you weren't up there, I hope it was all insured. Your brother's place sure copped it.

 

[Matty4]

Thanks Paul,
yes all insured..............not allowed into the park until Monday, so we are heading up then to salvage anything we can from our place and my brothers place. My parents have a van in there too and has only suffered minor damage but is still secure, so we can store stuff in that for now.

Easter holiday plans have now changed, might take the Expanda away instead..

 

[Xpandafan]

Boy, Matty. I'm just glad you and yours are safe. Stuff can usually be replaced, however painful the loss, but forum members cannot. God knows what the outcome might have been if it had happened a week later. Saw brief news clip with a guy that just lost his brand new van. Tornado lifted it over one tree and dropped it on another. Heartbreaking, and doubly so if he'd waited months for delivery like many on this site.

 

[Antman]

Glad you are ok Matty. As others have said, material items can be replaced and will be im sure. Lives can not. Life is just too short and its events like these that make most people realise that.
Hope its all fixed up soon for you.

 

[golivers travels]

Just unbelievable, it is like looking at something from USA. Glad no lives have been lost.
Matt4, our thoughts are with you and your family.

 

[Lara]

Shocking, can't begin to imagine how terrifying that must have been for anyone involved.
Again, like all the posts above, I'm just so glad no lived we're lost, and hope for speedy recoveries for those injured.

 

[expanda]

Bummer

Glad to hear you are safe, however understand the heart ache this would bring.

We are all thinking of you in this trying time.

Fingers crossed you can still get away for easter and salvage some stuff from the wreckage.

 

[Burnsy]

Shocking news.....at least no one was killed. No longer can we say "Only in
America"!

 

[17triton]

Good to hear your ok Matty just looking at some photos in the herald sun I can see your cabin from behind, what a bugger glad to hear your insured. Be careful with the asbestos ok.

 

[Matty4]

Thanks all for the well wishes.
Yes we weren't there (thankfully!!) and we can all be thankful that this didn't happen next weekend when the place would have been full for Easter.

 

[Bushman]

Yep certainly could have been a lot worse especially if next weekend

Matty hope you get it sorted soon,

They let some back into today according to news, they interview and elderly couple who were in their van, it was flipped 8 times, only the chassis left, only injury to the lady was a black eye.
The showed a Supreme van that was flipped on it site slammed into a tree roof first fairly well in tacked but bent like a bananna.

 

[cruza driver]

I had a feeling that might have been the park with your cabin Matty

Glad everyone is safe mate !!

 

[Matty4]

Well, what a day!!!...
We were allowed into the park today to salvage what we could, which wasn't much..
It looks like the entire park will be razed and re-built.

Caravans don't appear to like 250-300km/h winds...................apparently!!

 

[cruza driver]

WOW, so were you allowed in your cabin ? Or to unsafe?

 

[Capt. Gadget]

Looks like a war zone

 

[Matty4]

Cabin was a bit unstable. It had moved off its foundations by about 2 feet or so. Managed to get in for a couple of minutes so we could retrieve a couple of things, most importantly was my wifes Aunty's ashes. She lived up there and passed away last year so we kept them there until the whole family could come up to scatter them. They were still intact, thankfully..

This is the boat, where we left it 2 weeks ago.....normally it would be closer to the cabin and it would have been destroyed by the debris, the flat piece behind the boat is the floor from one of the other cabins.............they weigh 7 tonnes each!!!



This is whats left of the site where those cabins were...



To top off our day, half way home this happened to the boat...



Spent an hour and a half beside Lake Nillacootie waiting for a flatbed towtruck to take it home.
Thank god for Club Marine assist.....(no spare on the boat trailer)

Good times, good times...

 

[Burnsy]

Very sad pics Matty, hope you get things sorted soon mate.

cheers.