Benign afternoon.
This is an archive shot of Cabbage Tree Creek at Shorncliffe, Brisbane in the late afternoon sun. Almost exactly 11 months later, the creek would be turned into a raging torrent that devastated local suburbs at levels never seen in previous floods because of the intensity of the rain.
We have friends who were victims of the creek and lost almost everything. Five weeks on, they are tearing their hair out with frustration as a well known high profile local insurance company has done nothing except make their life miserable. After five weeks they have hardly advanced with their claim because of poor customer service, lack of procedures for handling such events and a sneaky way of ensuring they pay out as little as possible despite promises in the PDS. They should have learnt after the public battering they received in 2011 but trade on their name, which in my opinion now, for a company I had a lot of respect for is worth sweet nothing. They rate 2 out of 10 after seeing what they have put our friends through.
This shot is taken just a bit upstream from where the creek enters Moreton Bay and as you can see, where the prawn trawlers tie up. They used to sell through a local Co-op but it closed years ago. Now they sell straight off the boat - can't get fresher than that.
Benign afternoon.
This is an archive shot of Cabbage Tree Creek at Shorncliffe, Brisbane in the late afternoon sun. Almost exactly 11 months later, the creek would be turned into a raging torrent that devastated local suburbs at levels never seen in previous floods because of the intensity of the rain.
We have friends who were victims of the creek and lost almost everything. Five weeks on, they are tearing their hair out with frustration as a well known high profile local insurance company has done nothing except make their life miserable. After five weeks they have hardly advanced with their claim because of poor customer service, lack of procedures for handling such events and a sneaky way of ensuring they pay out as little as possible despite promises in the PDS. They should have learnt after the public battering they received in 2011 but trade on their name, which in my opinion now, for a company I had a lot of respect for is worth sweet nothing. They rate 2 out of 10 after seeing what they have put our friends through.
This shot is taken just a bit upstream from where the creek enters Moreton Bay and as you can see, where the prawn trawlers tie up. They used to sell through a local Co-op but it closed years ago. Now they sell straight off the boat - can't get fresher than that.