Deb Adams, Rural Sentinel (ENTRIES CLOSED - May theme: Rural life)

A weathered post and bucket stand like a ghost of armour in a drought stricken bush backyard, a quiet echo of Australian history. A kangaroo guarding its mob grazing just outside of the frame, not an outlaw, but a watchful survivor in the same unforgiving landscape.

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