Ted Wearne wiped away tears as he surveyed the damage done to the caravan and annexe he and his wife Tricia had called home for 16 years."We are still here, that is the main thing," he said, still shaken by the dramatic 4am crisis.The Wearnes, two of just eight permanent residents at Gerroa Shores Holiday Park, were yesterday counting their blessings after wind caused a large tree to crash on to two unoccupied caravans opposite their home.The roots from the fallen tree lifted the Wearnes' caravan more than a metre in the air and toppled the van on top of the annexe, trapping the elderly couple inside."We woke up and I was falling across the bed," Mrs Wearne said. "We just couldn't get out."The tree fell shortly after 4am and the couple were trapped for almost half an hour."We are very lucky our neighbour here is with the ambulance service," Mrs Wearne said. "He told us not to move and said he knew what to do."Liz Van Der Meulen, who is holidaying with her family in the park, was in one of the closest vans to the Wearnes. She said her family was woken by "a massive bang"."I didn't see the tree at first then a car shined some lights on it," Ms Van Der Meulen said."One of our friends here is a fireman and another lady here is a nurse so they had some handy people around."(The Wearnes) were great. They were just lying there saying 'help'." After they were released from the van, the Wearnes were checked over by emergency services and taken to one of the park's units to recover.Both the van and annexe are a write-off.The Wearnes have been offered a place to stay until the insurance arrives.They also have family on the South Coast who yesterday rushed to their side.A big crowd gathered in the morning to inspect the damage caused by the uprooted tree, previously thought to be sturdy, and provide support for the couple who are in their 80s.At one stage Mr Wearne was offered some groceries, which he declined."We've got so much food in there," he said."We just can't get it out."