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National Day Of Mourning

I've posted about the fires and and heat and floods before but I'm doing it again. This has been an incredible tragedy no matter how you look at it. Lots of finger pointing and blame has been going on in all sectors, including the Church, but I'm not going to join in that debate right now. It is too soon, too raw a nerve. Let's first have a time of mourning. I believe that's what God is requiring us to do. In my previous posts I said we should 'weep with those who are weeping' now. Ensuring we are good stewards of our planet can come after we have comforted those who need comfort. The press release for the day is below, along with a further reminder of how some of our precious and cute wildlife have been affected. For further information, an excellent documentary on the fires was shown down here this past Monday, and can be found here.

SUNDAY 22nd FEBRUARY 2009

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced that a national day of mourning for all victims of the recent Victorian bushfires would be held on Sunday. "This day will give all Australians the chance to reflect and remember this terrible tragedy, as an important step in rebuilding these communities," Rudd said in a statement.

The day the fires swept through homes and towns -- February 7 -- would be etched in the nation's memory as a day of "disaster, death and mourning" and it was important to reflect on the tragedy, he said. A memorial service in Melbourne at the Rod Laver Arena, the huge stadium that is the home of the Australian Open tennis tournament, is expected to be broadcast live on television and radio.

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Your love is like a heatwave (heatwave!)

I'm not really sure how to start this. The title doesn't give a good idea of the content really. Great song though

Maybe it should just be a fluff post, we all need those from time to time (I took all of 3 days to get to my first one I think) and it's been a while since a pure fluff post here, hasn't it?

Well...cute as these pics are, it's also a sad reminder that our wildlife is fragile, and with all the bad weather events happening at the moment around the world (we've got floods and heatwaves while the upper hemisphere freezes), these pics are a bit poignant as well, for me anyway.

So here we have an adorable young koala who has clearly become so heatstressed in the extreme conditions (days and days of +40C or +105F temps) that it was forced...
(a) out of its eucalypt tree, which is bizarre enough behaviour,
(b) into the shade of a house,
(c) to allow the inhabitants of said house to look after it, and
(d) to actually drink some water!
All totally irregular behaviour for a wild koala - or any koala when it comes to drinking; they usually get all their requirements from eucalypt leaves.

So, everyone together now...awwwwwwww.

Now, I'm sure I need to credit someone with giving me these photos, but as I've received the email from nearly everyone in Australia (perhaps a slight exaggeration), consider this my thanks :)

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