Australia is Burning

Like most Australians, I’m shaken by the carnage that is bushfires wildly burning across this country.

You wonder about the complacency of believing inner suburbia is a safe place to be.. these past weeks have shown it is impossible to be certain about which way the wind blows.

I cannot remember feeling such a sense of trepidation while driving on a freeway and seeing the unmistakable sight of smoke permeate the evening sky. Even the kids were stunned into silence at the sheer proximity and realness this bushfire season has unleashed – they literally stopped mid chatter while in the car last night and simply stared at the surrounding sky submerged in eerie greyness. It was surreal ..yet grounding.