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To be fair to those on slower 'net connections, the last few images have been put in as links only If you can, please look at the rest, if only so the story makes more sense!

Let's start at the start...

Before the rain, our wide, brown Australian land had a dry and dusty story to tell.



Rainfall can be unpredictable, but as the clouds gather



and the rains come down, many of our animals



have something to eat.



When the rain falls, it leaves a lasting imprint on the land.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/j ... Medium.jpg

However, saddest of all is that no amount of water can save some of mother nature's finest things, sometimes, they're already dead.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/j ... ntrain.jpg

But when the pitter patter comes, and the land is anew, it gives us all

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/j ... ntrain.jpg

a chance to relax!

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/j ... ized-1.jpg

I hope you liked it
(It's not often I really *love* my own photos, but I really like 1 and 4 - just some sort of intrinsic 'oh wow' thing about them for me
Number 8 looks pretty good too

Nice story, probably would work a little better with an overlap on some of the pics. Some nice images in there.