Blogs from Boyup Brook, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

Life inland away from the belt of coastal conurbation is where the true roots of Australian grit remains. While those fringe dwellers have the salty sea breeze to accompany and soften their existence those inland are the salt of the earth itself braving temperatures that creep upward from the thirties and into the forties with no air conditioned office and still manage a days work. There are few who would venture out into the full heat of the day (mad dog and Englishmen) but there’s an early start at sunrise to check for fly blown sheep and later machinery will be cranked up in the shed. By mid morning the sheep are already seeking shelter like an almost invisible wool carpet heads down indistinguishable from the grey granite outcrops within the shade of the red gum, ... read more