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| The fiery sun shrouded in the smoke of bushfires as seen from the Saint Bede Studio December 2019. |
The season of Summer in Australia - since the documentation of weather commenced after white settlement on this continent in 1788 - has always been harsh and unforgiving.
Our climate has become more erratic in recent years, but we have always experienced prolonged and crippling droughts, all-consuming fires and unstoppable floods here in Australia.
Since the very beginning of this summer, large areas of Australia have been devastated by massive bushfires and, unfortunately, this is likely to continue. This has as much to do with the unpreparedness of government as it has to do with extreme conditions. Despite certain claims, arson has had very little to do with the fires recently experienced. Meanwhile, Supporters and Deniers of the various theories of climate change continue to scream at each other.
The quiet suburb of Wallsend in the eastern coast provincial city of Newcastle is the location of the Saint Bede Studio. Newcastle and its surrounds have not up to this time been affected by fires, but we have had very bad air-quality as a result of conflagrations elsewhere. Thank you to all those who have written to enquire after our well-being.
Please pray for all those affected by this devastation and for the Blessing of rain.
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| The quiet garden of the Saint Bede Studio |
