Victoria's Bushfires are getting close to us!
| This past week has been quite worrying as we are in the midst of a drought, water supplies are down and bushfires are raging through Victoria, Tasmania and NSW. The Victorian fires are more of a concern for us because they are only one and a half hours drive from here in Paynesville. In 1975 the bushfires did reach Paynesville and came right down to our end of town and burnt all the bush next to us! So it is possible and could happen again. Each day is so different, some days you can smell the smoke, others you cannot. The smoke has not been as heavy as it has been in Melbourne which seems odd when it is four hours drive from here! When I get up in the mornings the sky is so different to the day before. At least four times in the day the sky has changed along with the colour of the water. The sunrises of late have been so unusual, the sun is a dull orange with the smoke covering the rays of light, giving off an orange sheen over the water, just spectacular. All day the sun is covered in the cloudy smoke and looks more like the moon than the sun, with no bright glow. The sky has been white to grey to orange to red to black, amazing how the smoke and sun can change it so much. The street lights have gone from the usual yellow to white and blue. One morning when we got up the windows in the verandah had not been closed the night before and there was black soot all over everything. Yuk. The outside of the house got a light sprinkle of rain and so the soot stuck to the walls of the house, it is awful not to mention the car! Gerard rinsed it off and we went to Bairnsdale and I noted how dirty everyone's cars were, they must be nearer to the fires, but when I got back to mine it was as bad as everyone elses. The sky turned black and we had a lot of thunder and lightening, a little rain bur not much, only enough to make the muck on the cars look even worse. Black leaves were all over the place and at home too. We got home at 1.30 in the arvo and had to turn the inside lights on coz it was so dark inside. It is summer here and the days seem to be so dull all the time. It is so hazy and quiet at the moment very still which is good, hopefully the same where they are burning. There were two main fires, but now they have joined together and are heading south which is where we are at the end of the water. I only thought we would have to worry about a flood, not bush fires! It is a scary feeling. A friend of Gerards has a house in a town called Coongulla which is in the fires path. So it is a worry for him too. Will post some pictures soon. |
posted by Jill @ 2:42 pm
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