Reflections by the Pond

We are all boat people in Australia, except for the indigenous Aboriginals who are only now being respected and included, hopefully in a legal way, into our culture. For us who came on boats from Ireland, we still retain some of the hurt from 600 years of occupation by Britain, and the dependence on a little drink at the pub to make it all go away. Dealing with the hot potatoes of the past, and the new issues of the present, multi-culturalism, terrorism, and climate change everyone needs all the help they can get. And you will understand that this information should be freely available, and also freely taught to enable us all to live together in peace.