Bushfire blog – 10 Dec 2002
Kate Carruthers Yippee!!!! It’s raining & it has been doing this since last night. The heavy rain has put out the last of the fires near us. The house still smells strongly…
December 2002
Bushfire blog – 9 Dec 2002
We went for a drive north of the town at lunch time today – everything is burnt out & there are still small fires burning by the roadside. The main…
Bushfire blog – 9 Dec 2002 another update
Good news! The road north & south of town is now open, but there are still smallish fires burning beside the road in both directions. There are repair crews everywhere…
Bushfire blog – 9 Dec 2002 update
Managed to get out of town to the south for church last night, but was afraid I might not be able to get back. As I left the fires were…
Bushfire blog – 8 Dec 2002
Fires are still burning to the east, north west, south west & west of us – but no immediate threat to us. The air tankers have been water bombing the…
Bushfire blog – 8 Dec 2002 update
I knew it was a bad sign on Thursday when I went to the Rural Fire Brigade shed in the village & there were five NSW Fire Brigade trucks &…