2nd Feb. As I write, I am listening to the reports of Cyclone Yasi, which is about to hit North Queensland, being upgraded to a STRONG category 5 with winds of 300km/hr or more. It’s unimaginable! Those poor people! They are just starting to get back to normal after Cyclone Larry some five years ago and here we go again. It makes you wonder why anyone would want to gamble with their lives and livelihoods by living in those areas, beautiful as they are? We’re now in a small town called Bremer Bay, about 180km east of Albany. We had a bit of a worrying time last weekend in Albany, when the weather people forecast that Cyclone Bianca would affect our location. Fortunately though, it fizzled out and we were ok. As a result of the
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