Fran Rimrod

Dec 16, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jo Lauder |Tyne Logan |Stacy Gougoulis |Alex Lim |Fran Rimrod

The streets are deserted. An eerie silence hangs over the suburbs. More than half a million households have lost power, trains are being cancelled, some rail lines have buckled. Residents are sheltering in their homes, the blinds drawn. Hundreds of people will die, quietly, behind closed doors. This is not the start of a post-apocalyptic movie. Actually, it's Melbourne in 2009.

Dec 8, 2024 | abc.net.au | Tyne Logan |Fran Rimrod |Alex Lim

It's mad to think that the humble difference between a nail and a screw played a central part in Darwin's undoing when Cyclone Tracy struck. It helped set off a domino effect that virtually dismantled every house in Darwin, flattening them like they were made out of cardboard. More than 60 people lost their lives and those who survived it have lived with the deep scars of the memory.

Sep 6, 2023 | beachgrit.com | Fran Rimrod

Come and melt over Dedi Gun, saviour of the wretched at Lakey Peak! Every morning not long after sunrise his captain’s hat bobs past the walls of the beachfront hamlet, followed by a throng of bare-chested local groms, surfboards in hand. The Pied Piper of Lakey Peak is checking the surf. After years abroad chasing a pro surfing career with Rip Curl, Dedi Gun, who is thirty-six, has returned to Sumbawa’s south coast with a clear goal – to help shape the future of his home.