The recent floods in Australia, especially in the state of Queensland have shocked the nation of Australia and the world. One cannot imagine what the victims have had to go through. From country towns being completely swept away to people literally seeing loved ones washed away and farm houses ending up kilometers from where they once stood. The state’s capital city, Brisbane was not spared with the city inundated with water along with 1000’s and 1000’s of homes and businesses being underwater. Three quarters of Queensland has been declared a disaster zone, which is almost twice the size of Texas. The reconstruction task facing the people of Queensland will be of post war proportions.
As a community, bmxers have always been there to help out fellow bmxers at a time of need. Now as a bmx community, it is time to offer our support to the people who have been affected by the floods in their time of need. To assist with this there will be an Australian