Tag Archives: drought
The hellscape of 2019
After the drought and the fires we knew that this would be a year of healing. When the rain fell on Christmas Day, we all felt a glimmer of hope. Never before have I been so glad to slam the …
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Posted in Animals, Farm Life
Tagged bushfires, Covid, drought, fires, Grim Reaper, healing, Mother Nature, Nature, rain, river
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A tinder dry tale of a late winter fire
Last Monday I was in town (which isn’t usual) and happened to hear on The Country Hour that the RFS was bringing in the fire permit season a month earlier than they have for the past few years. It used …
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Posted in Farm Life
Tagged Bees, burn, catastrophic fire summer, drought, el nino, fire, national park, permits, RFS, state forest, wwoofers
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What makes an Aussie Farmer?
When I first came here I thought it was the Akubra, the moleskins, the RM boots and the years on the land that made a farmer but now I know different. It’s the long, hot hours on the tractor. The …
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