Month: January 2020
Australia Day 2020 – My Patriotism on Show
Today is Australia Day, our National Holiday. It’s the commemoration of western settlement when the First Fleet arrived in Sydney on January 26 1788, carrying convicts. It’s a good day to celebrate the things we love about our country and also a good day on which to reflect on the things that we have not […]
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I Love a Sunburnt Country
In 1908 the Australian poet, Dorothea MacKellar wrote her famous Poem ‘My Country’, while she was feeling homesick on a trip to England. It is an over romanticised piece about Australia and its weather, but it t is now an iconic poem and a significant part of Australia’s folklore. It is the second verse that […]
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Strange Weather for January
We had some days of really hot weather last week, but today is quite cold. During last week, the temperature was horribly hot – over 40C (about 104F) with strong and hot northerly winds. These fanned the bushfires and wrought havoc. Yesterday, a cold front moved in across Victoria and lowered the temperature considerably. Today […]
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Bushfires In Australia
I have had several of my overseas friends concerned about us and how we are faring with the disastrous fires in Australia. Then is my reply to them. In short, we are very grateful that we are all OK and safe in Melbourne. Because we live in a big city, there are no forests here […]
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