Author: David Boyd

Droughts and Flooding Rains

Monday 03 November, 2008 WRITING INSPIRED BY A FLIGHT OVER WESTERN NSW FLOODWATERS IN February2008[1] “Droughts and Flooding Rains"- and not much in the middle. A trip by road across Northern NSW last week and a flight in a light aircraft over the flooded Warrego, Paroo and Cuttaburra Creek, reinforced how Dorothea Mackellar got it … Continue reading Droughts and Flooding Rains →

Speech in Opening the Centenary State Conference of NSW Rural Lands Protection Boards -June 2005

GRIFFITH-JUNE 2005MR CHAIRMAN, DISTINGUISED GUESTS, LADIES & GENTLEMENI AM PARTICULARLY HONOURED TO BE ASKED TO OPEN THIS CONFERENCE, FOR MORE REASONS THAN ONE.FIRSTLY, OF COURSE, IT IS YOUR CENTENARY CONFERENCE.SECONDLY, I HAVE ALWAYS REGARDED P P BOARDS, IF I MAY USE THAT TERM, AS QUINTESSENTIAL OF AND INTRINSIC TO RURAL NSW. I HAVE A GREAT … Continue reading Speech in Opening the Centenary State Conference of NSW Rural Lands Protection Boards -June 2005 →