Australia’s drought is like a cancer eating away at farms and families

Australia's drought is like a cancer eating away at farms and families Reuters By David B Gray GUNNEDAH, Australia (Reuters) - 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 under a blazing sun. Circular dry plough tracks resemble the concentric circles in Aboriginal dot paintings that tell of an ancient mythology, starving cattle queuing for feed look like an abstract painting and their black shadows stretching across the land a surrealist image. The post Australia's drought is like a cancer eating away at farms and families appeared first on Firstpost. FirstPost