After a cold, gloomy spring that really felt like winter, summer is finally here! To welcome the start of December we have blue skies and temperatures in the mid-20’Cs (about 77’F). It’s not going to last, we’ll be wet and gloomy again tomorrow (more on that in another post), but for today I am enjoying…
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LEST WE FORGET
Where the bloody hell is Chris?
Drought. Fires. Floods. Pandemic. Mouse plague. Lockdowns. Life has been tough in Australia for a number of years now, and particularly so for rural communities. As Australia emerges from the covid pandemic and the country opens up, one western NSW community has hatched a plan to kickstart tourism by asking the question, “Where the bloody…
Covid 0, masks 1
At the moment Australia has a large Delta covid outbreak, and a small Alpha outbreak. Not that our numbers are all that big in comparison to other countries – there are 455 people with covid in Australia at the moment (and that includes those who are in hotel quarantine after arriving in Australia – every…
Mouse plague…
Back in March I mentioned the farming community here was experiencing a mouse plague. Two months later and the plague is still with us, in fact, it’s spreading. It’s now hit my town. So far we’ve been okay and haven’t seen one, but you can’t buy rat bait or a mousetrap anywhere in town. The…