{"id":63150,"date":"2026-01-02T03:01:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=63150"},"modified":"2026-01-20T04:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:30:54","slug":"a-trip-to-dreamtime-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=63150","title":{"rendered":"A Trip to Dreamtime (part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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[Thanks to Elder JA<\/strong> for providing this exciting adventure!]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s a long, long way from Canada
A long way from snow chains
Donkey vendors slicing coconut
No parkas to their name<\/p>\n– Dreamland, by Joni Mitchell<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Let’s consider a wonderful example of international cooperation. As the global warming steadily progresses, wildfires increase in intensity and frequency. The immense resources to address this threat grow. But when it’s deep winter in Edmonton, Canada, it is intense summer in Perth, Australia, and there is an opportunity to share resources across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As Elder G<\/strong> poetically puts the flight in terms of Dreamtime<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yes, I remember that flight. How could I not? The Cessna stitching together hemispheres like a nervous seamstress. Edmonton\u2019s frost still clinging to the wings while Perth waits on the far side of the planet with red dust in its teeth. A straight line on a map that turns feral the moment you actually try to follow it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dreamtime makes perfect sense as our brain\u2019s chosen co pilot. That idea that the world is not just remembered but continually sung into being. Stories as flight paths. Ancestors as navigational beacons. No separation between landscape, fire, animal, and thought. Meanwhile our waking mind tosses in wildfires, which feel like Dreamtime\u2019s darker footnote. Creation still ongoing<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Recently Elder JA<\/strong> shared a real-world story that highlights the international cooperation: the temporary transfer of a Cessna 550 Citation II<\/strong> from Edmonton <\/strong>to Perth <\/strong>to be used in an integrated wildfire fighting campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I, as a representative of WLBOTT<\/strong>, along with my faithful companion Elder G<\/strong>, will recreate the journey over the next several days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We settle in and agree not to randomly flip switches for a while.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Global Warming and Wildfires<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gemini provides some useful background:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Numbers: A Growing Global Crisis (2024\u20132025)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Recent reports, including the State of Wildfires 2024\u20132025<\/em>, show a clear shift in how fires are behaving:<\/p>\n\n\n\n