The Storm Is Coming

Just a note that we are safe and the fires are far from us but we wanted to share these photos with all of you. This entry is dedicated to the victims of the Victoria Bushfires and the volunteer Emergency Services workers that continue to fight bravely. Photos from http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/

I Love A Sunburnt Country...

February 10th 2009
MY COUNTRY The love of field and coppice, Of green and shaded lanes. Of ordered woods and gardens Is running in your veins, Strong love of grey-blue distance Brown streams and soft dim skies I know but cannot share it, My love is otherwise. I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-se ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Gippsland

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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