Gold Coast holiday

This may look like just a picture of the beach but it's really to show that the Tsunami warning that we woke to yesterday morning was unfounded for this part of the world. Tragically, it has had a catastrophic impact on the Solomon Islands. It served though to show how unprepared Australia seems to be for a major disaster. It was difficult to get up-to-date news about what was happening, whether there was a tsunami at all, and whether we should evacuate. We are currently on holidays on the Gold Coast, in a 15th floor apartment on the beachfront, so the idea of looking up and seeing a wave surging in held little joy (although, if one could count on the structural integrity of the block, I do acknowledge that there may have been a photo opportunity there). If the tsunami had hit the Gold Coast - and further points north and south, I don't know how we as a country would have coped with such widespread destruction and loss of life. Thank goodness we didn't have to.