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her beauty and her terror
I haven't done anything at home for the last 4 days. I've just been following the news on the fires. It's times like these I feel I should be back in Australia. I feel so terribly for the people who have lost loved ones and property. My thoughts are with you all.
I collected together some photos images of the bushfires in Victoria and NSW. They are all over the Net but I wanted to put them in one place, because I'll never find them later.
My friend L, who just flew back to Victoria for the spring break is ok. I rang her this morning and she said the fires stopped about 15 km north of her.
It's all been emotionally devastating and I keep tearing up.
ETA: Anyone wanting to make a donation I think The Australian Red Cross's Victorian Bushfires Appeal is probably the best place, if you have a credit card and can afford it. Also, the forms are internationally friendly.
Another alternative is The Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation Bushfire Appeal 2009, which will go to a range of charities helping the victims directly on site.
And for any touched by the plight of the animals there's Wildlife Victoria. Thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ancientcitadel for the link.
I collected together some photos images of the bushfires in Victoria and NSW. They are all over the Net but I wanted to put them in one place, because I'll never find them later.
My friend L, who just flew back to Victoria for the spring break is ok. I rang her this morning and she said the fires stopped about 15 km north of her.
It's all been emotionally devastating and I keep tearing up.
ETA: Anyone wanting to make a donation I think The Australian Red Cross's Victorian Bushfires Appeal is probably the best place, if you have a credit card and can afford it. Also, the forms are internationally friendly.
Another alternative is The Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation Bushfire Appeal 2009, which will go to a range of charities helping the victims directly on site.
And for any touched by the plight of the animals there's Wildlife Victoria. Thanks to
ancientcitadel for the link.| CFA worker rescues a sugar glider Photo: AP |
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| CFA worker waters a distressed koala |
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| Chris Roche: Bushfires at Narre Warren North Harkawa |
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| Churchill in Gippsland |
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| Doncaster Photo: Chris Mulherin |
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| fire on the horizon |
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| From a house window |
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| A fire-fighting helicopter in action yesterday over Bunyip State Forest (AFP: William West) |
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| Remains in Kinglake this town was almost completely razed |
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| Scorched earth around Kinglake |
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| Looking south-east from Morwell towards Hazelwood Power Station |
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| NSW RFS Peats Ridge, north of Sydney |
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| Sun_obscure_by_bush_smoke_cloud_Alexandra |
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| The Bunyip State Park blaze has been fanned by gusty winds Simon Mossman |
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| Vehicles burn, Labertouche |
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| Tinderbox conditions (AAP: Simon Mossman) High temperatures, strong winds and low humidity produced tinder-box conditions. (AAP: Simon Mossman) |
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from the poem I Love a Sunburned Country by Dorothea Mackellar
A land of sweeping plains
Of rugged mountain ranges
Of drought and flooding rain
I love her far horizons
I love her jeweled sea
Her beauty and her terror
‘Tis the wide brown land for me
I just saw the last photo and added it in separately. It's quite stunning. Yes, I'm glad too. There are so many wildlife carers in Australia and people are pulling together to help with supplies for those that came through it.
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