I was up there for 3 months of the re-construction phase.
By that time they had cleaned up most of the debris. In the suburbs there were streets & streets of house stumps with just the floorboards on top, similar to the picture of Thong Teck Lee's house but without the wreckage.
I recall driving past one steel electricity pole beside the road that was twisted in an amazing shape. I think that it is now in the grounds of a School as a memorial/reminder of the event.
Thanks for the post.
D and D said
06:18 PM Dec 2, 2014
Amazing transformation - love the hand painted sign about keeping the driveway clear, typical Aussie humour.
Dave
meetoo said
11:46 PM Dec 2, 2014
Great before and after pictures. I was up there on holiday (go figure) shortly afterwards. Sure looks a whole lot different now.
John
Dunmowin said
12:03 AM Dec 4, 2014
When we were in Darwin this winter, our hostess was a girl living in Darwin during the cyclone. Her house at Parap was one of the few that was not "floorboarded". She told us how scary it was at the time. We visited the house, which is now a holiday rental, and were able to walk through it, as she told us what happened during the event. Pretty scary.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-01/cyclone-tracy-before-and-after/5907246
K.J.
Fantastic. Brings back memories.
I was up there for 3 months of the re-construction phase.
By that time they had cleaned up most of the debris. In the suburbs there were streets & streets of house stumps with just the floorboards on top, similar to the picture of Thong Teck Lee's house but without the wreckage.
I recall driving past one steel electricity pole beside the road that was twisted in an amazing shape. I think that it is now in the grounds of a School as a memorial/reminder of the event.
Thanks for the post.
Dave
Great before and after pictures. I was up there on holiday (go figure) shortly afterwards. Sure looks a whole lot different now.
John
When we were in Darwin this winter, our hostess was a girl living in Darwin during the cyclone. Her house at Parap was one of the few that was not "floorboarded". She told us how scary it was at the time. We visited the house, which is now a holiday rental, and were able to walk through it, as she told us what happened during the event. Pretty scary.