australian wildfires, blue mountains, new south wales, pink flannel flowers

An Abundance of Pink in the Blue Mountains

In November 2019, massive bushfires erupted in Australia and ravaged the country, including the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, for a whole nine months. Then nature intervened in March 2020 with heavy rainfalls to help battling firefighters control the fires and extinguish them all by the end of the month. The bushfires that inflicted ...

Raven Montmorency

Close up of pink flannel flowers.

Keswick Island, Pristine Tourist Destination Facing China Crisis

Keswick Island, part of the iconic Whitsunday Island Group, is one of Australia’s most pristine and scenic tourist attractions. Whether it will remain so or not depends on the actions of a Chinese-based developer, China Bloom. This developer, who has acquired leasing rights there, is trying to stop locals from setting foot on the public ...

Michael Segarty

A sandy beach at Keswick Island.ing China Crisis.

Confucius Classrooms Being Banned in Australia

The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has decided to remove Confucius Classrooms from its public schools. The decision comes on the heels of worries that the Chinese Communist Party is using these programs to influence children with a pro-communist perspective. No more Confucius Classroom programs Confucius Classroom programs were active in 13 NSW ...

Max Lu

NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge.