February 14, 8am: West Coast bushfire smoke has spread down to Southern Tasmania — with a smoke alert issued, while the community of Zeehan is unable to return home after blazes swept through. The ...

Particular days of abstinence during Lent are Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. As canon law states, Catholics over the age of 14 are expected to abstain from the eating of meat on Ash ...

Apart from crop failure and stock losses, droughts set the scene for bushfires, dust storms, and land degradation. The Federation drought was one of Australia’s worst droughts. It began in the ...

For more information about bushfires visit the NSW Rural Fire Service at http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au NSW Fire Weather Districts differ from Weather Forecast Districts ...