It’s not rained here for more than three weeks now and it’s starting to show. The wetlands north of Adelaide are becoming more and more like salty badlands every day. Marches have turn to mud and cracked like a patchwork of crazy paving. Time to pray for rain.
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Birds of Paradise
The strelitzia flowers in Mum’s garden are old now and will soon be nothing more than cracked and withered cellulose as the summer takes its toll. In the spring they were a beautiful blaze of orange, yellow, blue and purple crowning lush green foliage. Still though in their decay they have become even more interesting […]
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We are about to enter summer here in Adelaide, in the the driest state on the driest continent (according to popular folklore). During winter I would have been washed away attempting to stand here in the outflow of the River Torrens. Today this parched mud floodway suggests just how dry our summer will be. There […]
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Still exploring this scarred landscape and trying to make sense of what burned and what did not. Tomorrow we will help put restoration in motion. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Burnt Out Creek, 1/80s f/8 ISO640 17mm
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