From ground level, Australia's drought looks like a featureless, brown dustbowl, but from the air it transforms into an artistry of colour and texture as the land cracks open under a blazing sun....
Farmer Ash Whitney stands in the middle of a dried-up dam in a drought-affected paddock on his property west of Gunnedah. "I have been here all my life, and this drought is feeling like it will be around a while," said Mr Whitney.
There is unfortunately beauty in the worst situations sometimes.
I look at reports on the media about people being time poor in the big cities and rushing from place to place.
Then you see reports of how bad our farmers are doing and it all pales into insignificance. Some of these farmers have spent generations building up their stock with careful breeding to be as good as they can be. Lots of them know each and every animal on the farm.
I saw reports about "The Long Paddock" with farmers at wits end trying to keep their animals alive and fed and people moaning about having to slow down a little.
We've got it good compared to these farmers and their families.
