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"I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of drought and flooding rains,
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me."
From My Country by Dorothea MacKellar
This part of htis poem seems to tell a bit of of the last day or so in a way. Droughts and with them fires that are out of control, and flooding rains. But it's disheartening to know there are those idiots who go out there and light these fires on purpose. The law is too soft on them.
One thing I do see over and over in these times is that as Australians we always stick together. You just have to look at the support in the IIS community for a start. We're not in this alone. To all who have lost loved ones and property - my heart goes out to you.
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