Bush Babe of Oz

Gorgeous from one angle, inconsiderate as hell from another. The red steer and me.

Where I get all serious about taking photos… and start chasing the sun!

We are thoroughly smoked out here. No nicotine. Just soot. And sunsets.

Driving down the road to home this week, I could’ve been forgiven for thinking the grass out the front of our house paddock was on fire. It was all red-tipped and rippling and alight. So I took a photo. Or two. (Are you shocked? No? You are in the right place then!) The late afternoon [...]

Just a note to remind everyone to keep an eye on their news bulletins… The fires in Victoria are ramping up again with thousands of people evacuated and hundreds of firefighters removed from the firefront currently considered ‘too dangerous’. My heart aches for those who have been on alert for weeks now. I cannot imagine [...]

When I tapped out yesterday’s post asking y’all to keep in mind the terrible conditions in the south of our great nation, I had no idea of the enormity of what was happening. Of what would happen. No idea at all. … When I heard 40-something people had perished this morning, I felt physically ill. [...]