What A Year!

Peter Brocks was killed.
Steve Irwin was killed.
Mell Gibson's been playing up.
The Herald Sun donated unwanted pages of Warnie's retirement from the cricketing scene.
I forget how much of the State of Victoria has been burnt - no use me knowing now as the fire is still burning.
Irrepairable damage has been done to the wildlife in burnt out areas.
Water Restrictions have hit the place like I don't know what.
Sign posts have been warped by willy-willies.
A few of us (including me) have been lifted off our feet by willy-willies. ( baby dust hurricanes)
There are wide cracks in the earth up here which are 6 feet deep and widening.
And we are gripped in a drought which is supposed to be the worst on record.


OK, I don't go into the politics of things as I see things as they are living where do.

But in plain mallee talk. It's a barted mate! We're buggad!

Farmers are now holding their hay for stock they own as conditions worsten. On the bright side, some have been allowed to have a little bit of the water they have paid for.

One thing I cannot understand is, they increased the population by 50% and forgot to increase the dams! But, what happens if they increase the size of the dams? They can't keep blocking rivers!

So, if people want to migrate to Australia - bring your own water.




Drying Up Fast

The fact is, Australia is drying up fast!

Canberra apparently got hit by a deluge but that doesn't help us. It only puts more water in Lake Burley Griffin and in their dam.

If we were hit by a deluge we'd wonder what the hell it was! uhmmmmmm ... what does rain look like again?

People up here are not as happy go lucky as they used to be. They are starting to get a wee bit short tempered.

The actions of people are becoming strange. Like ... Farmer Joe lost his wife a year ago and had to have councelling and all that rot, now he's getting married and she's moving into the new house he built for his late wife. (Struth those councellors must have been good.)

Farmer Tom lost his wife - is still crying for her, tels everyone he has never got over it, and has had two girlfriends since she died.

One woman's husband had a bad stroke, he's in Hospital so she is selling all his possesions and pocketing the money while he's still alive to feed her gambling habit.

People are now also killing, kiling killing the wildlife! Why? Because they drink water!

Everything is simply crazy!! People seem to be going nutters!


The only topic is the drought and it's worstening effect.

Living alone through all of this is a bit scary. It's something I thought MIGHT happen, then dismissed it from my mind. Australia is a dry continent with periodic dry spells, but one could not envisage what is really happening as we face this dry spell.

Night after night, prowlers creep around while mangy foxes try to nick the fowls.
This means I will have to rebuy a rifle.

Last night I watched the stars and was astonished to see what appeared like millions of them fall to earth only to vanish leaving one bewildered.

I do not know what 2007 holds, all I know is people fear the worst for my country. Grasping at so called rain predictions ...

Well, one man said Australia would have so much rain by Christmas we wouldn't know what to do with it. I am still wondering where it is as the rain stays waaaaaaay up there and will not even think of touching the earth.

I believe God has turned His Back of Australia.