The Dry: The tinderbox of truth*

Drought. It’s a killer, a tyrant like no other: shrivelling hopes into husks of hatred, dust, and heat.

If you’ve ever lived through a drought in the country, you know what it’s like – buckets of water instead of showers, the steady death of everything that grows, air like fire, and the ghostly gum trees full of oil, ready to go up in smoke and take everything with them. It’s a nightmare lived on a daily basis, stealing joy and replacing it with th…

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