Thu, 25 June
|The Mechanics Trentham
WINDFALL - A Documentary
On 9 June 2019, a freak storm changed our community forever. The aim of this documentary is to understand and document this extraordinary weather event and preserve the stories of endurance, resilience and recovery that followed. Blackwood-based documentary WINDFALL is finally ready for release !!!
Time & Location
25 June 2026, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
The Mechanics Trentham, 66 High St, Trentham VIC 3458, Australia
About the event
“There was no warning … I don’t know why there wasn’t any warning…”
Blackwood-based documentary WINDFALL is finally ready for release — and it’s a cracker. Full of amazing footage, heaps of locals with their insights and humour, plenty of expert analysis and explanation, WINDFALL is confronting, moving, relentlessly funny and, at times, just a tiny bit sweary.
On 9 June 2019, a freak storm changed our community forever. The aim of this documentary is to understand and document this extraordinary weather event and preserve the stories of endurance, resilience and recovery that followed.
The screening of WINDFALL will be followed by Katrina Douglas's short film, originally shown at the Big Trentham Thank You Event, as a tribute to the emergency services and volunteers who supported the community during and after the storm.
A Q&A session with local storm chasers Clyve and Jane Herbert will follow, along with a slideshow…