GORV - Digital Magazine Issue #31 | Page 36

WARNING AWNING WORDS AND IMAGES: FOUR HANDS IN A TIN CAN WILD WINDS HAD THE FOUR HANDS IN A TIN CAN CREW IN A FLAP. DISTRESSING CONTENT AHEAD. A heartbreaking sight... Sometimes, you think you have done the right thing. Yet it all comes unravelling and there is absolutely nothing to stop it. the beginning of winter in Perth. We thought we were safe from crazy weather in the lovely state of Western Australia during this time. We were happily camped in a lovely caravan park in Perth when we received word about a large approaching storm. They were predicting 100km/h winds, and possibly cyclonic weather. We jumped into action, packing away the chairs, the table, the awning, the matt, and even Diga Dog’s bed was packed away — his temporary bed was set-up on the toilet floor inside the van. The worry beads were making an entrance. I mean, we live in a caravan, and meteorologists were predicting cyclonic weather — really, really fast winds — and it’s We were ready for this storm; we were not going to lose an awning to the wind. How wrong could we be? 36 \