Between a rock and a hard place

November 2011

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November 2011

After a slog through wet bush, a dry rock biv is a place to call home
Conveniently placed rocks make great shelters from the storm, discovers Barry Dunnett It was raining. Wind driven and sweeping down the valley in a great grey sheet. Scungy weather for sure, but we were dry and snug under a spacious biv boulder, the scene framed by the solid angular entrance of the rock shelter. While we mulled […]

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