It looks simple, maybe naive. As the daylight shifts and changes, and on into the artificially illuminated night, different parts of this painting take their turn to glow and recede. So many subtle touches, so many layers. 😍 Untitled by Sisca Verwoert, 2017
#art #painting #garden #Otways

Such beautiful surrounds in the Otway rainforest, although I can’t believe i climbed that high with my eyes open … just! #rainforest #otways #treetops @otwayflytreetopadventures

Today is forty years since the devastating #AshWednesday #bushfire in south-western Victoria, Australia that killed 75 people around #MtGambier, #Geelong and the Western Victorian coast.

I was in grade prep, nearly 4 years old, and it was the only time my Mum kept me home from school. I remember the red dust on our old weatherboard house - an ominous, ashy glitter.

Little were we to know that just 26 years later, in 2009, Black Saturday would make Ash Wednesday pale in comparison. Geelong hit 48 C on Black Saturday. It was too hot to breathe outside.

The towns that were affected by Ash Wednesday are now home to tens of thousands of people - Anglesea, Torquay, Jan Juc, Winch, Deans Marsh - and the #Otways are overdue for a burn.

Is your bushfire plan up to date?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-16/ash-wednesday-40-years-on/101896046