A giant dust storm on the 26/09/2009 swept eastern Australia, turning Sydney's air yellow and causing breathing problems
Howling winds pushed the 200km wide cloud of desert dust through Sydney and up the coast to Brisbane
A number of prominent scientists said that Australia’s recent travails are linked to climate change, which is making an arid continent’s environment far more disaster prone
Sydney Opera House under the yellow sky of the dust storm
Effects of climate change
The Storey Bridge in Brisbane is barely visible underneath the thick cloud of dust
A surreal view from under the Sydney Harbour Bridge
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The Cultural Exchange Program
I'm not sure where the idea was born, but somewhere along the line on one of our CT trips we came up with the idea of a cultural exchange program between Cape and KZN surfers. The Cape and KZN are both so far apart they may as well be different co... <more>