Tag Archives: bushfire

What does Hallelujah have to do with it?

I wasn’t there, so this is a little once removed, but from what I saw on TV something of a standout moment at the bushfire memorial service yesterday in Melbourne was a massed choir reading of Leonard  Cohen’s Hallelujah.
First thought was ‘Can’t they leave that song alone!’, but there’s more. How did this admittedly very [...]

CFA volunteer fires up

This is just really unhelpful and spiteful. I understand that some of you are frustrated, but blaming and starting the pissing contest over the level of training really does not help anyone
Tensions build as firefighters from each side of the volunteer/MFB firefighrer divide have their say. Spirited post here from ‘CFA volunteer’.

Koala driven to drink

It was only a matter of time before someone fiddled that koala photo.