This country is still rough around the edges...

This selected pic says it all about living in the colonies!Australia is a melting pot of the rest of the world.Naturally it is still tough and rugged - mother nature still has a handle on this place - she rules. Droughts at one end of the country and floods at the other end. The centre is scorched dry with a huge rock in it.
So many walks of life, so diverse, so much passion - you CAN do anything you want to , you can strive to be anything you want to be, even a Lord and Lady!
Being stuck on an island though makes us forget what is going on in the rest of the world. We are hidden away and isolated and often belittle what we have - but its only because the woes of there rest of the world are not in our face - we just see them on tv.
We have things in the bush that can kill you.
We have animals that fight back.
And with the amazing array of religions, customs and cultures that are settled and live side by side I think overall we are pretty tolerant.
So this is where I am right now, and I am grateful to be here.
Happy Australia Day.