Farming In Famine, Fire & Flood

Australia... a dry land full of thirsty people.

In these days of constant debate, research, denial & recacitrance, this article/opinion piece caught my eye today &, despite the inevitable reader comments which all-too-quickly degenerate into the usual slanging match, I found it interesting food for thought, as I'd never considered Australia's problems this way... probably because I'm a city kid...

ReMemebering 2011

Yes, that end-of-year summary meme that goes around at this time of year. well... far be it from me to withold such obviously & eagerly anticipated minutiae.

( And so... )