As an addendum to my last post and by way of giving some balance to the debate, I applaud the Federal Government's decision to take a significant number of refugees from camps inside Syria and adjoining nations. Dragged and screaming it might have been, but in the final analysis it was honourable and decent. My faith in Australia is partially restored for the meantime.

On a different topic entirely, my girlfriend Ann and I went up to Wentworth Falls this afternoon to check out the scenery. Today we just took in a lookout or two, but I have plans for us to descend to the valley floor for serious bushwalking. Here is Ann at the Princes Lookout, which sits high above the waterfall and looks out into the Jamison Valley.. She is so cute.