Fran at the SACA in Adelaide

patterns in the sand ...

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February 13th 2015
On our long journey back to Perth we had the radio on, every 1/2 hour the bush fire update would come on which now lasted for 15 minutes and you could really hear it in the presenters voice the massive impact it was having, we also drove through patches of smoke, not only could we smell it we could also taste the fire. On arriving in Perth the car had a thin layer of ash. A bit of a lye in then ... read more

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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