Natural disasters are common in rural Australia, but there is something particularly devastating about floods. They sweep through towns and communities often without warning, and leave people to pick up the pieces.
And unlike bushfires, there is no way for people to take measures to deter the ferocity of a flood.
On July 6th 2022, a flood swept through Broke and the Hunter Valley in NSW, Australia and disrupted over 300 community members. It had been 70 years since a flood so dangerous and overwhelming had hit the town and they are still reeling from the effects today.
Join John Milham as he talks to the Broke and Singleton Community each week and shares with us the trauma and adversity felt during the flood and how the strength and compassion of community in regional NSW has kept this town resilient and steadfast in the wake of trauma, anxiety and destruction.
This is a special series of the Kintsugi Heroes Podcast.
Beyond The Deluge is a story about what happens after the water recedes — when the news crews leave, the cameras stop rolling, and a community is left to rebuild not just their homes, but their sense of safety, identity, and belonging. Through honest, unhurried conversations with the people who lived it, this series captures the long, quiet work of recovery: the kitchen-table moments, the neighbours who showed up, the grief that doesn't follow a timeline, and the resilience that gets built one ordinary day at a time.
It's a series about land, water, and the people who refuse to let a town be defined by its worst day. About what regional Australia really looks like when it's tested — and what holds it together when so much has been swept away. Whether you've lived through a natural disaster yourself, work in emergency response or recovery, or simply want to hear what community actually means in the face of crisis, Beyond The Deluge invites you to listen, learn, and witness.
Kintsugi Heroes is an Australian not-for-profit (DGR endorsed) dedicated to strengthening mental wellbeing through the power of storytelling. We believe lived experience is a gift to be shared, not a scar to be hidden.
To find out more about Kintsugi Heroes and our other podcast series, head to KintsugiHeroes.com.au.
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Beyond the Deluge: Flood Resilience Stories from the Hunter Valley
Natural disasters are common in rural Australia, but there is something particularly devastating about floods. They sweep through towns and communities often without warning, and leave people to pick up the pieces.
And unlike bushfires, there is no way for people to take measures to deter the ferocity of a flood.
On July 6th 2022, a flood swept through Broke and the Hunter Valley in NSW, Australia and disrupted over 300 community members. It had been 70 years since a flood so dangerous and overwhelming had hit the town and they are still reeling from the effects today.
Join John Milham as he talks to the Broke and Singleton Community each week and shares with us the trauma and adversity felt during the flood and how the strength and compassion of community in regional NSW has kept this town resilient and steadfast in the wake of trauma, anxiety and destruction.
This is a special series of the Kintsugi Heroes Podcast.
Beyond The Deluge is a story about what happens after the water recedes — when the news crews leave, the cameras stop rolling, and a community is left to rebuild not just their homes, but their sense of safety, identity, and belonging. Through honest, unhurried conversations with the people who lived it, this series captures the long, quiet work of recovery: the kitchen-table moments, the neighbours who showed up, the grief that doesn't follow a timeline, and the resilience that gets built one ordinary day at a time.
It's a series about land, water, and the people who refuse to let a town be defined by its worst day. About what regional Australia really looks like when it's tested — and what holds it together when so much has been swept away. Whether you've lived through a natural disaster yourself, work in emergency response or recovery, or simply want to hear what community actually means in the face of crisis, Beyond The Deluge invites you to listen, learn, and witness.
Kintsugi Heroes is an Australian not-for-profit (DGR endorsed) dedicated to strengthening mental wellbeing through the power of storytelling. We believe lived experience is a gift to be shared, not a scar to be hidden.
To find out more about Kintsugi Heroes and our other podcast series, head to KintsugiHeroes.com.au.
Connect With Us:
🌐 Website: https://www.kintsugiheroes.com.au
📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kintsugiheroes
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kintsugi.heroes/
👥 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Kintsugi-Heroes-100084850387170/
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