With much of Queensland and parts of New South Wales starting to recover from the recent disastrous floods, and regional Victoria in the middle of a flood crisis, tens of thousands of Australians have been directly affected, and many more have suffered.   These flood victims will need ongoing support and assistance for weeks and probably […]

In response to the QLD Floods, SpaceOut has launched a new section of the site – called HelpOut (http://helpout.spaceout.com.au) – aimed at getting help to those people affected by flood. SpaceOut is very good at hooking up people who have something, with those that need something. HelpOut extends on this functionality, and helps local communities […]

Tweet With the current focus on massive flooding throughout QLD, the recent Flash Floods in South Australia and Victoria, have come as a bit of a surprise.  The nation  has been gearing up to offer support to QLD Flood victims, and whilst the scale of SA and VIC Floods is nowhere near that in QLD […]

Tweet With the worst of the 2011 Brisbane floods hopefully now over, and with floodwaters slowly dropping, it is over the next days and weeks that flood victims will really need the help and support of their communities. It is only now, as the flood waters start to drop, that the real scale of the […]

Sorry about the pun in the title, but in moments of diversity Aussies are renown for keeping their sense of humour.  They are also well known for giving a mate a helping hand, and we have been gratified by the “flood” of offers of assistance that have already been listed on HelpOut. Since the HelpOut […]

Tweet With the impact on the QLD Floods spreading rapidly to Brisbane, Ipswich and other areas of South East Queensland – and with no end in sight, more and more Queenslanders are finding themselves directly affected by the floods. But it’s not only the people who are suffering, many cats, dogs and other pets are […]

The rains that have caused the devastating QLD Floods appear to be moving south and have now also spread over the New South Wales border, with the Richmond River at Kyogle measured still rising, while Lismore is among the larger towns in the firing line of the Wilsons River.  The Brunswick River, which runs through […]

Tweet In tough times, the traditional Aussie values of mateship and lending a helping hand will always come to the fore. When people are suffering from natural disasters such as the 2011 Queensland Floods  the majority of Australians are very keen to help out wherever they can. The problem though is  working out the best […]

The Qld Flood Relief Appeal is doing a great job collecting financial donations for QLD Flood Victims, and this financial support will be invaluable in the coming weeks.  However, a brand new online service called HelpOut has potential to offer assistance in a much more practical and hands on way. This new online service is […]