Fires, November 2006

Lightning strikes started a slow smoulder somewhere in Lawson's long alley a week or so ago. Bushfire spread as it does, and jumped into the Grose Valley over the next few days.

The dear old Bluey's are blackening at the moment. We wish those residents of the Blue Mountains who are currently dealing with it the best of luck and good wishes.

The fire passed through our block at Mount Vic around this time last week. The canopy is still hanging in there, the stumps still smouldering. We have spotted wallaby scats on the causeway on Saturday, little else. Plenty of widowmakers about. Posting some before and after shots for you. Hopefully we will have the next green regeneration set of photos in the series sometime soon !

Firies deserve a great round of applause for their efforts. The front of a fire is no easy thing to massage into submission, and you can't "just put it out".

We thank the Rural Fire Service for their great work in our neck of the woods.

Donations to NSW RFS and WIRES are well in order.