Back in 2006 John Doyle and Tim Flannery made a mini-series entitled ‘Two Men in a Tinnie’ in which they travelled the length of the Murray-Darling River system. That year was hard. In December we were told that Australia had suffered the worst drought in 1,000 years. The Guardian reported that “David Dreverman, head of…
You’re right, I didn’t do my usual Saturday blog. But it wasn’t because of the floods in South East Queensland. That has happened further south of Hervey Bay. We had about 75mm (3″) over several days, which is no big deal here. The biggest impact on Hervey Bay is that the roads to Brisbane are…
The most exciting thing that happened this week was rain! In parts of Queensland and New South Wales the rain was relentless, with widespread flooding around Brisbane and the Gold Coast as well as the Sydney area. It rained in the Outback, too, with waterfalls flowing down Uluru and Kata Juta. It was one of…
I imagine a lot of people all around the world will be heaving a huge sigh of relief when the clock ticks over to 2021. We’ve had the trifecta – fire, flood, and plague, with a side salad of political and social unrest, especially in Europe and the USA. Moses would have been proud. Here…
It’s great to know that the last of the fires burning in New South Wales and Victoria are finally out. It was a truly horrendous fire season which will be etched into many peoples’ souls. Those of us not directly affected will still remember the images of kangaroos silhouetted against a glowing red sky, flames…
We left St George after breakfast and headed for the opal fields in Lightning Ridge in NSW. The plan was to take a quick look, then head on down to Bourke for the night. But things never go exactly to plan, do they? Our first hiccough was an unscheduled stop at the Nindigully pub. Remember…