May 26, 2025 • 5 mins
Jonesy's friend Paul joins us live from Taree to chat about how he's holding up following the catastrophic floods.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jersey and Amanda jam Nason.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Tyre was inundated with unprecedented amounts of water. Last week
we caught up with Paul Stanley, not from Kiss, but
Paul Stanley who I used to work with on the
radio at Musclebrook and he lives in Tari. His house
went underwater, went underwater in twenty twenty two, and now
it's gone underwater again.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Hello Paul, Oh, hello Jones and you Good morning Amanda.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Hi Paul. We hear that from today seventy a Stralian
Defense Force personnel is going to be deployed to the
area to help clear the debris, ripe and roads, etc.
Where do you even start with a cleanup? What's the
state of your place?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Do you get out of street? What do you do?
I'm so glad they're coming, Honestly, we need hands on deck,
you know. And I've been hanging for those guys. They
came last time in twenty one, in March twenty one
and are incredible. They had massive, big tit trucks and
diggers and whatever else is to grab all the stuff.
But at the moment my place was about half a
(00:59):
meter under. It didn't go all the way through, so
some stuff was saved, but a lot of stuff is
just gone. It's incredible the amount of people that have
suffered worse than I have. My house is quite damaged,
so I won't be living in it for a while
and living around with family at the moment and in
a van. So I'm lucky I have a van.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
But is it what's the filter?
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Mud? It's logs, it's mud, it's the silt. Is incredible?
Road based from tracks is I'm on a property right
near the river's it's incredible. The cartage on whatever the
word is, it's hard to describe, but there's so many
people that lived a couple of kilometers away from the
river that were inundated with flood water that are homeless.
(01:48):
There's so much homelessnes. There's so much debris that people
are pulling out of their houses. You have to clean
your house pretty well straight away. We had sixty volunteers.
When we could get in, we had to get in.
We couldn't get in until Saturday. We had big blog
movers moving shit out of the way. Sorry about that,
so we can get into the track. Then we had
people trying to make our track. Volunteers were just pulling
(02:10):
stuff out of my house, out of another house, out
of another house, cleaning all the mud out. We had
water tankers with petrol pumps to be able to hose the.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Houses outside of your house out all the electrical stuff.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Mine was okay, a lot of it's gone. I lost
my fridge, you know, because it was sort of underneath
the water where the motor and stuff is. But a
lot of people have they got everything, absolutely everything They've
swum out of the flood walls. In a lot of
cases have been rescued. I've seen a lot of people
with the helicopters winching them off their roofs, with their
(02:47):
pets and things like that. On a lot of vision,
it's just heartache, and they're clean up because what happens
is the smell of everything as well.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Dear, And do you go back, Paul, this has happened
to you twice. You live near the river. Do you
make different choices now?
Speaker 3 (03:01):
I've got I've got a million dollar years waterfront? Yeah, waterfront,
of course I do. It's a family farm. I mean
my business, the family business. It's a turf farm. It'll
be out of business for twelve months. I've damage to
the turf. My brother is devastated. But he's a fighter
and these boys who work with him and own the property.
(03:22):
I just rent the house, you know, but I grew
up in it when I was a kid, so it's
nice to be back there.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
But still, you know, insurance isn't covering any of that.
Do you need another fridge? To get you another fridge?
Speaker 3 (03:33):
Yeah, mate, I'll love a fridge, jonesy, but don't get
it yet, wait till the powers back on.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Well, thank you, thanks for keeping us up. To keep up,
please let chick in just to make sure that you
guys don't aren't abandoned by the government and let.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Us know we really yeah sorry.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Doesn't say when the time comes, let us know what
is needed. Because people want to help.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
They want to help, I think if they've got a
self maintained accommodation to get up there. There's web sites around,
I believe, where you can be a volunteer, so they
direct you to different things you need to be fit
and able. I think they'll supply you with bits and
pieces that you'll need. I know there's a lot of
things that need to be pulled out, and they're all
mud insected and also very heavy and wet. Both mattresses
(04:18):
and bedding and clothes and furniture that's sogging and falling apart.
The whole area is a bombshell. It's just incredible. It's horrific.
And the smells, you know that we've had dead animals
parked up against my house, so we've had to get
rid of. You know, it's just sad and a lot
of sick animals of course that have been washed up
(04:39):
on the beaches nearby. So yeah, look, bring your own
self contained thing, get on a website somewhere and find
out who you can deal with to get volunteers. We
had sixty on Saturday, forty Sunday, about forty yesterday, and
most of them are friends of all of our family.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
And for those of people who aren't able to do that,
there will be financial ways we can help.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Mate.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
You look after yourself. I came. We haven't forgotten you.
You're in the loop, a cat, You're in the mixture
at the top of our mind.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
I appreciate it very much. And Demander, I love your
gig made on the piano on a piano tutor. And
everything you say is.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Correct, always, Paul, always.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
So much.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Paul Stanley reporting live from Tari
Jersey and Amanda jam Nason.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Tyre was inundated with unprecedented amounts of water. Last week
we caught up with Paul Stanley, not from Kiss, but
Paul Stanley who I used to work with on the
radio at Musclebrook and he lives in Tari. His house
went underwater, went underwater in twenty twenty two, and now
it's gone underwater again.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Hello Paul, Oh, hello Jones and you Good morning Amanda.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Hi Paul. We hear that from today seventy a Stralian
Defense Force personnel is going to be deployed to the
area to help clear the debris, ripe and roads, etc.
Where do you even start with a cleanup? What's the
state of your place?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Do you get out of street? What do you do?
I'm so glad they're coming, Honestly, we need hands on deck,
you know. And I've been hanging for those guys. They
came last time in twenty one, in March twenty one
and are incredible. They had massive, big tit trucks and
diggers and whatever else is to grab all the stuff.
But at the moment my place was about half a
(00:59):
meter under. It didn't go all the way through, so
some stuff was saved, but a lot of stuff is
just gone. It's incredible the amount of people that have
suffered worse than I have. My house is quite damaged,
so I won't be living in it for a while
and living around with family at the moment and in
a van. So I'm lucky I have a van.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
But is it what's the filter?
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Mud? It's logs, it's mud, it's the silt. Is incredible?
Road based from tracks is I'm on a property right
near the river's it's incredible. The cartage on whatever the
word is, it's hard to describe, but there's so many
people that lived a couple of kilometers away from the
river that were inundated with flood water that are homeless.
(01:48):
There's so much homelessnes. There's so much debris that people
are pulling out of their houses. You have to clean
your house pretty well straight away. We had sixty volunteers.
When we could get in, we had to get in.
We couldn't get in until Saturday. We had big blog
movers moving shit out of the way. Sorry about that,
so we can get into the track. Then we had
people trying to make our track. Volunteers were just pulling
(02:10):
stuff out of my house, out of another house, out
of another house, cleaning all the mud out. We had
water tankers with petrol pumps to be able to hose the.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Houses outside of your house out all the electrical stuff.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Mine was okay, a lot of it's gone. I lost
my fridge, you know, because it was sort of underneath
the water where the motor and stuff is. But a
lot of people have they got everything, absolutely everything They've
swum out of the flood walls. In a lot of
cases have been rescued. I've seen a lot of people
with the helicopters winching them off their roofs, with their
(02:47):
pets and things like that. On a lot of vision,
it's just heartache, and they're clean up because what happens
is the smell of everything as well.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Dear, And do you go back, Paul, this has happened
to you twice. You live near the river. Do you
make different choices now?
Speaker 3 (03:01):
I've got I've got a million dollar years waterfront? Yeah, waterfront,
of course I do. It's a family farm. I mean
my business, the family business. It's a turf farm. It'll
be out of business for twelve months. I've damage to
the turf. My brother is devastated. But he's a fighter
and these boys who work with him and own the property.
(03:22):
I just rent the house, you know, but I grew
up in it when I was a kid, so it's
nice to be back there.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
But still, you know, insurance isn't covering any of that.
Do you need another fridge? To get you another fridge?
Speaker 3 (03:33):
Yeah, mate, I'll love a fridge, jonesy, but don't get
it yet, wait till the powers back on.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Well, thank you, thanks for keeping us up. To keep up,
please let chick in just to make sure that you
guys don't aren't abandoned by the government and let.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Us know we really yeah sorry.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Doesn't say when the time comes, let us know what
is needed. Because people want to help.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
They want to help, I think if they've got a
self maintained accommodation to get up there. There's web sites around,
I believe, where you can be a volunteer, so they
direct you to different things you need to be fit
and able. I think they'll supply you with bits and
pieces that you'll need. I know there's a lot of
things that need to be pulled out, and they're all
mud insected and also very heavy and wet. Both mattresses
(04:18):
and bedding and clothes and furniture that's sogging and falling apart.
The whole area is a bombshell. It's just incredible. It's horrific.
And the smells, you know that we've had dead animals
parked up against my house, so we've had to get
rid of. You know, it's just sad and a lot
of sick animals of course that have been washed up
(04:39):
on the beaches nearby. So yeah, look, bring your own
self contained thing, get on a website somewhere and find
out who you can deal with to get volunteers. We
had sixty on Saturday, forty Sunday, about forty yesterday, and
most of them are friends of all of our family.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
And for those of people who aren't able to do that,
there will be financial ways we can help.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Mate.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
You look after yourself. I came. We haven't forgotten you.
You're in the loop, a cat, You're in the mixture
at the top of our mind.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
I appreciate it very much. And Demander, I love your
gig made on the piano on a piano tutor. And
everything you say is.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Correct, always, Paul, always.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
So much.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Paul Stanley reporting live from Tari
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