Hope everyone is well on their way to recovery after our visit from TC Marcia.

I have been blown away (pardon the pun) by the community spirit that has been so evident in the clean-up process.

As we move on to the next phase and start to get our personal and business lives back on track, I would like to remind everyone to continue to support their community, in particular our locally owned businesses.

Throughout my years at Maxwell & Cameron, I have had the great pleasure of working with a wide range of local small to medium businesses.

Some of these businesses have been hit very hard physically by the cyclone, may have lost stock due to power outages, and have also suffered financially due to forced closure while essential services were returned.

I myself had to replace my refrigerator and was very happy to support one of our locally owned appliance retailers and am restocking it with meat from the butcher down the road, and fruit and veg from the local green grocer.

So when you are re-stocking your freezers, replacing your appliances and generally just getting back on track, please keep these small businesses in mind and buy from them wherever it is possible.