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But probably not enough.
In actual fact, we've had a
decent amount of rain, wet, windy weather and general chilly temperatures.
Not bad for late Spring. That means most of the paddocks and stuff are
green, and the bush is a little damp at the moment. Mind you, that's only
put the fire season back by about two weeks. Within two weeks any of that
moisture will be gone and we'll be back to good old dry Australian bushland
just waiting for a chance to burn. I love the little feeling of tension you
get out here in summer on those hot days, just wondering if today will be
the day you'll see that first wisp of smoke above the treeline...was quite
spooky the last two times it happened.
Early 2001 a lot of the loca
reserve got burned out and threatened to take out some houses. It happened
on the other side of the Hill (hills are pretty big down here...many hills
can make up one Hill), so there wasn't much danger where we were at that
point. In 2003 one threatened to take out half of the local town, which was
even more interesting. Once again, the local CFA held it all back for us.
That's why our bush
firefighters tend to make annual pilgrimages to California to show them how
to fight fires properly. Honestly, they get more fires than us, yet this
part of Australia is the most bushfire prone locality in the world.
Anyway...that's my weekend
task now...get the yard cut and start bushfire proofing the joint. And of
course it's gonna be hot...God has a sense of humour.
Oh...and I've still got those
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-= UPDATE NEWS =-
Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
More fan art by me! In the
gallery is a new one for Cortland.
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-= SCHOOL SPIRIT: Change of Forum =-
Over the next few days we are
moving forums to a smaller community one.. If I can move the few threads
from our current one across, I will do so. Don't hold out too many hopes for
them though. I am not that clever.
So yeah, drop by and write an
end
of year report for us, I'll link a new one in the new forum, cos no
one's bothered to use the other one yet.
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