:: One People, Many Cultures ::



::Living Together in Respect and Friendship::

The events following the tragic bushfires and floods in Australia have made me think that my people reflect the nature of the land. Both fire and flood are a part of the cycle of life here. Without them, much of our nature wouldn’t be replenished.

Even tucked away in my safe corner of Sydney, I’ve seen the Australian people pull together to fight the fires, to provide aid for strangers affected by fire and flood. Life not only goes on, it is reenergised with sins washed and scourged clean.

Most people I met around the world look to Australia as providing the ideal climate. I wonder if they’re watching the news now to see the extremes of weather that we seem to oscillate between, though never so severe as this before.

It’s been raining for the past week in Sydney and heavy, flooding rain is on its way. In Victoria, but a blip on the map from Sydney, fires have claimed hundreds of lives and more homes. In the other direction, in Queensland, floods have isolated communities and done major damage to properties and livestock.