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Does anyone else feel like it's a ho-hum kind of week?Could it be 'fire fatigue'?Like most, I feel emotionally drained by the events of the past 10 days. Of course I am one of the lucky ones who has not been personally effected by the fires but my heart is breaking for those who have lost their ...
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Timeless ValentineAs time goes by from year to year,One thing is surely true, my dear;Though decades come and go,Just seeing you sets me aglow.Time shifts my body; I start to sagWhen I pass a mirror, it can make me gag.My joints all ache; I can hardly move;Still a smile from you and I'm in the ...
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As we woke this morning to day four of the worse disaster in our Nation's history, the confirmed death toll at this time is 173 - and still rising. Victorians are glued to their TV's and radios listening to the around the clock coverage of this tragedy. Personally, I feel a sense of numbness and ...
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Just checking in to let all my friends know that my family and I are safe and well. Often when asked by blogging friends where I live, I describe it as Melbourne's outer east near the Yarra Valley. As you would all know by now the Yarra Valley is currently ablaze. The fires are moving in a north ...
Read More about Heatwave hell as Victoria burns…..

The scorching mid 40 temperatures of last week have finally subsided putting and end to Victoria's worse heatwave in more than a century. The extreme heat sparked rail disruptions, power outages, bush fires and an increase in heat related illnesses and deaths. The more respectable summer ...
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Oh goodness.... now that is hot!!! After a week long heatwave that has seen Melbourne's temperatures soar to the mid 40's everyday, we are all feeling a bit overwhelmed. On Wednesday night our power was cut from 8:30 pm until 3:30 am. The mercury didn't drop below 30 all night so we spent a very ...
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