Blue Mountains NSW, Australia - Part 1
If you watch the news at all, wherever you may be in the world, you will know that Australia is in the middle of devastating bushfire season. Australia suffers bushfires at least somewhere every year, but this year is different because of the number of locations and sheer size of the areas affected. It will take years (if ever) for the affected areas to fully recover. Many people and animals have lost their lives, many more have been severely injured or lost everything they owned. There are also knock-on effects beyond the affected regions, including economic impact and the effects of smoke pollution. New South Wales is one of the states badly hit by bushfires, from the north to the south. In the first week of November 2019, I spent a lovely week travelling through various regions of New South Wales, at least some of which will now have been burnt out. I think it is a fitting time to celebrate the beauty of these regions by po...
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