119 before the fire started, which has been going for more than 24 hours now.
Got the notice to evacuate at approx 1:45am this morning because the fire front got to within 2km of the suburb boundary.
Gathered the necessary stuff and was gone in a flash !
Come back home about lunch time to find out that the wind direction changed overnight and forced the fire back on itself, but now there's a storm front approaching with gusts of 60+ mph heading in my direction again.
And to think, I've just got my 7 Pot Primo plant putting out some awesome pods - if they went up in flames, I could truly called them the "hottest"
Hmmm, the fires are still burning - it was declared a major emergency days ago and the losses of animals and property has been substantial, i.e. 12,500+ Hectares !
Managed to get some shots for HDR photography and have done some early processing:
OMG! We never hear about this in the USA. We are so caught up with ourselves. I hope your city/town doesn't get burnt out. The loses are bad enough without it hitting a city.