Guardian: Australia is the hottest and driest continent on Earth. Parts have been embroiled in record drought for the past decade, leaving reservoirs empty and agriculture decimated. Things got so bad last week that thousands of camels besieged a small town in the Northern Territory in search of water. Even the “ships of the desert” couldn’t cope. Yet, while many Aussies embrace a love of the outdoors both in body and spirit, something in the frontier ethic of the “lucky country” still leads …