I’ve definitely heard of people getting all Waltzing Matilda at the smell of eucalypts… as well as the distinctive blue haze they create on the horizon. We have a “distinctive haze” in Haskovo, too. It’s more browny-grey, though, and comes from burning coal.

Rocks. I’m looking forward to have a clamber on Mt Wellington.

Elly and I are 5 books (~3600 pages) in to a fantasy series where ravens and crows feature heavily. So when I first read your third point, I thought “but we have them here… oh, no that was in those books”. Oopah.

Thanks for the comment!
Cheers
Stu.

* the smell of eucalyptus
* the look and feel of dolerite
* the “aarrkkk aaarrk” of ravens or the clinking of currawongs
* the depth and glow of the light
* the cobalt blue of the sky
* Orion’s Belt being a saucepan again!

Counting the weeks!

love

Dad