Greetings from Taree ( current temperature 37.5 Deg C - not as bad as Dubbo at 44 Deg C )
While the Aussie cricket team might not be on fire, the state of Victoria where bushfires have been raging for a couple of weeks, certainly is ( 55 burning, 10 of which are out of control as I write ). It has been estimated that the fires have claimed up to 40 lives, towns have been razed to the ground and livestock losses have been significant. There are also many fires burning in New South Wales but Victoria has been particularly hard-hit. While all of that is going on, the Northern Territory and North Queensland have been ravaged by floods.
Well, we are now a two beagle family. Jen and I travelled up to Armidale yesterday to fetch Holly. We left Taree at 6 o'clock and got back at half past 2 in the afternoon - 8 hours of driving on Thunderbolts Way - what a cool name for a road. Wait for it.................Captain Thunderbolt was a bushranger who terrorised the region ( gold-rich ) in the 19th century. He had an aboriginal wife and apparently kept his promise to her that he would never shoot anyone. He was supposedly killed by the police in 1870 although rumours abounded that he in fact escaped and nipped over to California where he continued his craft.
Today's picture was taken on the way back and my only regret is not having taken it on the way up when the light was much better. The picture is taken looking west over the Barrington Tops, our very own World Heritage Site. We haven't spent any time up there but I think we should. It is quite a popular camping destination but I reckon we'll be on the lookout for a good Bed and Breakfast.
Armidale is North West of Taree and is Australia's highest cathedral city at an altitude of around 1000m. The traditional owners of the land are the Aniwan ( Anaiwan ) people and it was first " settled " in the 1830s. It is home to the University of New England which has a recently established Medical School and also has a couple of well known and highly regarded Boarding Schools. It is also clearly the Beagle Breeding capital of New South Wales.
Matt and Jen have settled into school with their new teachers, I have reset my tempo and have been working hard, Bron and her mum have continued to spend each waking moment with each other and Tessa now has a partner in crime.
Later.
Dyl, Bron, Matt and Jen
While the Aussie cricket team might not be on fire, the state of Victoria where bushfires have been raging for a couple of weeks, certainly is ( 55 burning, 10 of which are out of control as I write ). It has been estimated that the fires have claimed up to 40 lives, towns have been razed to the ground and livestock losses have been significant. There are also many fires burning in New South Wales but Victoria has been particularly hard-hit. While all of that is going on, the Northern Territory and North Queensland have been ravaged by floods.
Well, we are now a two beagle family. Jen and I travelled up to Armidale yesterday to fetch Holly. We left Taree at 6 o'clock and got back at half past 2 in the afternoon - 8 hours of driving on Thunderbolts Way - what a cool name for a road. Wait for it.................Captain Thunderbolt was a bushranger who terrorised the region ( gold-rich ) in the 19th century. He had an aboriginal wife and apparently kept his promise to her that he would never shoot anyone. He was supposedly killed by the police in 1870 although rumours abounded that he in fact escaped and nipped over to California where he continued his craft.
Today's picture was taken on the way back and my only regret is not having taken it on the way up when the light was much better. The picture is taken looking west over the Barrington Tops, our very own World Heritage Site. We haven't spent any time up there but I think we should. It is quite a popular camping destination but I reckon we'll be on the lookout for a good Bed and Breakfast.
Armidale is North West of Taree and is Australia's highest cathedral city at an altitude of around 1000m. The traditional owners of the land are the Aniwan ( Anaiwan ) people and it was first " settled " in the 1830s. It is home to the University of New England which has a recently established Medical School and also has a couple of well known and highly regarded Boarding Schools. It is also clearly the Beagle Breeding capital of New South Wales.
Matt and Jen have settled into school with their new teachers, I have reset my tempo and have been working hard, Bron and her mum have continued to spend each waking moment with each other and Tessa now has a partner in crime.
Later.
Dyl, Bron, Matt and Jen
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