Today as I went for a walk in the area behind my house, my mind turned to summer and the summer holidays that are now upon us here in Australia. For us, it is usually a time of rest and recuperation. We rarely go on long adventurous jaunts or journeys. It is time to rejuvenate self and soul before the new year - and the new school year - begins. As a teacher, that time was cherished, though always in the back of my mind was the thought that I would have to start planning for the new school year. I never really switched off completely. As I walked today I thought more specifically about the last few summers we have had. In 2019 we went into the summer holidays with the worst heat waves and bushfires that many of us can remember. Every night that December and January I would wake up and look at the skies, trying to gauge if the flames were any closer, if the smoke was any thicker. I never truly slept or rested, always fretful that the flames would reach us, always a...