23 December

You can tell a lot about Australia from space. Look at most of us, huddled on the coast, afraid of our own country. Like a lot of Australians, I’ve wondered about what reconciliation means, with aboriginal people. Maybe the bushfires is telling us. We have peoples who were living here thousands of years before the pyramids were built. It’s a wonder of the world. Maybe now they’re our only way to survive, because do we have any idea what to do about these fires? Or our water? Not one. They’re not perfect either, but they at least weren’t afraid of the country we live in. Maybe they can introduce us.