With the recent Victorian Bushfires (Bush Fires, Update, Contained) we have had some wonderful sunrises and sunsets. I managed to get this photo from our back steps, just above our next-door neighbour’s roof. The only good vantage point I had for a sunrise was through the kitchen window. The fly-screen meant that I ended up [...]
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The Victorian Bushfires are Contained
A day of heavy rain has meant that the last of the bushfires [^] that raged across the state for five weeks is now controlled. The fires have claimed 210 lives, more than 2,000 homes and burnt 421,000 hectares. Two weeks ago we drove up to the farm, along the Melba Highway. On the way we [...]
Victorian Bush Fire Update
It is now almost a month since the bush fires started. It is important to remember that some of those fires are still burning uncontrolled. People are continuing to loose their homes and livelihoods, but hopefully not their lives. There is some hope now that the break in the weather, and the forecast week of showers may [...]
Victorian Bush Fires
News of the Victorian Bush Fires seems to be getting good coverage around the world now. Whole towns have been lost to fire, with hundreds of thousands of hectacres burnt. The death toll so far has exceeded that of the Ash Wednesday fires in 1983, with the toll expected to rise further as the emergency [...]
View Upstream From Princes Bridge
This is the second view from Princes Bridge, this time looking upstream. The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) takes pride of place, the lights are on for the AFL (Aussie Rules Football) game between the Carlton Blues and the Adelaide Crows. Birrarung Marr [^] is on the left, on the City side of the River, is the [...]