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Senior Pictures August 2010. 1 month before my injury

Walking to Paralyzed in Seconds

Added 27 April 2012 at 3:22pm AEST by Rachel1777 1 0

On September 19th, 2010 I was in a car accident, I lost control of my car, the ground was slick that day. It slide off the road and flipped hitting a tree, my side was crushed my passenger only had a few scratches. I on the other hand... Read More

He was more than my best mate

Added 8 April 2012 at 5:58am AEST by scottwest1972 5 1

They shall grow not old, as we are left to grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down on the sun and in the morning. We will remember them. The hardest thing I did or ever will do is carry his coffin after spending... Read More

Trying to move on with life

Added 1 March 2012 at 3:16pm AEST by scottwest1972 14 2

Almost a year on and the day I lost my best friend is haunting me. I feel like I am standing in the dark with a freight train approaching hoping that it will miss me. The accident would not have happened if any one of the circumstances were changed, the fact... Read More

Dangerous Driving is not just about alcohol or hooning

You will be sent to Jail

Added 31 January 2012 at 12:51pm AEST by CrimLawyer 6 0

Having been a lawyer for many years, I have read, heard about or seen cases where a driving journey has turned into a criminal, jailable offence. Victims have either been killed, brain damaged, lost limbs, permanently injured, or severely scarred. Drivers have ranged in age from young, inexperienced to mature adults with... Read More

Why me?

Added 14 August 2011 at 4:02am AEST by jasonbourne 2 0

I woke up to life in 1966, in a children's home at 6 years old. I don't have any memory at all about life before 1966. My eyes just opened up; and there I was in the children's home. You could say I have complete amnesia, about life before 1966.... Read More

She was too beautiful to die

Added 5 August 2011 at 9:17am AEST by Heavyevey 10 1

Boxing Day 2004 was a day to remember due to the Indonesia Tsunami. Little did I know it would be embedded in me for the rest of my life. I was watching the news when my mother called, telling me to sit down as she has some bad... Read More

Demileigh Royle

Added 17 July 2011 at 5:40pm AEST by paularoberts 11 1

My name is Paula, I've had 8 children. On the 16th May 2008 my daughter Demi was going to a local shop with her friend, her friends mum, and younger sister. When they arrived by the shop a van mounted the kirb and killed my daughter. She was 6 years... Read More

Scrap of paper

Added 2 July 2011 at 5:08am AEST by stacey13 4 4

When Reuben died in a motobike crash I was devastated. We had only meet a few months before but we clicked and he was that guy every woman needs in her life. I didn't even have a chance to get a photo of him. A few years later I found the little bit of... Read More

Changed Life

Added 20 May 2011 at 3:17am AEST by stavaros 15 2

The 6th of October 2010 has been burned into my life as a day that all things good in my life came to an end. I do understand that there are many more people that are far worse than myself and they are going through far worse. Just to describe what happened. I... Read More

4 years on

Added 4 April 2011 at 5:33pm AEST by kerryanne 10 2

I was involved in a head on car accident in October 2007, I spent 9 months in hospital and was not expected to survive, but I was young healthy and strong and I did survive, I have had numerous operations on my arms and my right leg. Once discharged from... Read More

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