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Dry thoughts from a drought.

Quadrant

| March 01, 2003 | Ryan, Peter | COPYRIGHT 2003 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

OUR PART OF VICTORIA is now entering its seventh year of drought. Meticulously preserved by our friend Flora, "grandfather's diaries" confirm with rich local detail the more laconic records of official meteorology: it was never so dry since records were kept. God's curse of drought on Pharaoh was of seven years; we pray that He will recall that precedent, and send an early and a generous autumn break.

Set on a hill--it would be boasting to give the name "mountain" to any of the modest elevations around the geographic centre of Victoria--our house commands the seemingly limitless plains that stretch northwards to the Murray River. From the verandah your eye can ...

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