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Blog Update - The Start of 2011
Well the Queensland and Victorian Floods have dominated the last month – and now a cyclone is heading towards my original home town – Ayr! Quite a start to the year! I feel for those affected directly and indirectly. And those landholders who have battled drought and have now lost crops, pastures, stock and infrastructure to floods.
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Wrapping up 2010
Well just short trips since Chile. A couple of days in Port Lincoln where I have been doing some work with the Eyre Peninsula NRM Board – looking at planning and evaluation for the major natural resource management programs.
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Fiji
Having finally set foot on Fiji – I thought I would revert back to my international theme for this update! Even though I had lived and worked in Papua New Guinea (see my earlier blog) and had projects in Asia, I longed for the opportunity to do something in the Pacific Islands. Many years ago, I had to choose between a poultry-based job in Fiji – and one in PNG. I chose PNG but often wondered where life would have taken me and my family had I chosen differently.
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