Winds of Change

Australia | 2008

On the flat yellow plains surrounding Birchip, in north-western Victoria, drought is a familiar if detested visitor that always overstays. The farmers and townsfolk of Birchip have seen little of the rains that have flooded other parts of Australia. It's likely to stay that way. For Birchip is bang in the middle of the swathe of southern Australia that is forecast to dry out as temperatures rise…