Help Ian & Sally rebuild their Coromandel Lifestyle Dream.

An old Kauri loggers dam, situated upstream near the famous Pinnacles DOC track on the Rangihau river, bursts and a huge flow of whole trees and debris heads down the river gorge gathering momentum. In it's path is the idyllic 17 acre farm of Ian Eggleton & Sally McKinnon.

It smashes over the stock banks and breaches, smashing through trees & native bush, flooding the land with silt, and leaving in it's wake massive damage & destruction to the pristine environment. Fences, hedges, trees, native bush, animal enclosures, farm buildings, a newly launched Eco-Camping site, and their beautiful old homestead are hit.

2 young campers narrowly escape with their lives.

They have lost their farm's income of grazing cattle stock, and the glamping business. The beautiful old Kauri homestead is still uninhabitable, and they are currently renting nearby while it is under repair.

If all this were not enough to deal with, a week after the devastation Ian underwent major surgery for Prostrate cancer. His recovery & rehabilitation has kept him from actively participating in the daunting amount of work required to start the clean up & rebuild.

Ian & Sally were insured for the home and it's contents, and the Eco-Camping site. But the cost of the extensive restoration of the farm and native bush will fall on them.

All donations will be greatly appreciated.

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