adventurescape wrote:Does anyone recall a few summer's ago the bushfires near Melbourne and snowfall around Christmas??? I remember seeing the snow on fire-blackened trees on the news reports and being totally blown away at such dire contrasts in an Australian environment, and at a very unlikely time of year.
I was up in Wonnongatta-Moroka the weekend the fires started, wandering around over Mt Reynard. Driven away by the smoke coming over from the Catherine River fire, which was spreading as fast as I've ever seen a fire go. There were spot fires down in the valley as I was driving up, but they were all under control.
And I was up on the Main Range Christmas Eve, camped under Abbott Peak. Woke to the start of the snowstorm.
And then the flash floods in January, which closed the roads for a little while - and they'd only just finished clearing up after that when the really bad floods hit the Wellington and MacAllister Rivers . . . hard times.
I love her far horizons, I love her jewel seas
Her beauty and her terror . . . Like your attitude, mate. Make the most of the opportunity. I almost envy you (apart from the financial insecurity . . . )