It has been a bad few months for fires in parts of Australia with many people losing their homes. I'm one of the lucky ones whose property survived but thought I'd share a few photos.
A fire had been burning near our farm for some weeks but it was in rugged country and it was impossible for the fire fighters to get at it. It was burning on a 40 mile front and finally the wind changed and we were in the firing line. Even then it was a lot of waiting for it to come.
Our rural firefighters here are all volunteers and they did an amazing job. Seven trucks and crews basically stopped the fire in its tracks. I came out of it exhausted and having had little sleep for 3 days - staying up to watch for flying embers.
End result is we lost a few paddocks but the house and sheds survived. It is now raining after months of no rain and the threat is over.
My last post was about moving my bridge after it was damaged by a flood! Who said choosing to live in the country is easy!
Mark
A fire had been burning near our farm for some weeks but it was in rugged country and it was impossible for the fire fighters to get at it. It was burning on a 40 mile front and finally the wind changed and we were in the firing line. Even then it was a lot of waiting for it to come.
Our rural firefighters here are all volunteers and they did an amazing job. Seven trucks and crews basically stopped the fire in its tracks. I came out of it exhausted and having had little sleep for 3 days - staying up to watch for flying embers.
End result is we lost a few paddocks but the house and sheds survived. It is now raining after months of no rain and the threat is over.
My last post was about moving my bridge after it was damaged by a flood! Who said choosing to live in the country is easy!
Mark
