Fire Pretty Well Out

The excitement is over. The fire which threatened homes and 2 schools at Pelican Waters is well under control with hotspots being mopped up today.





The wind would change from time to time and this would bring the smoke closer to our home. The closest the fire got to us was about 500m away from the house. This meant it was pretty smokey and created some eerie scenes during the afternoon.



Helicopters water bombed the fire collecting water from the local Bellvista Lake. At one stage flames were clearly visible from our front window.








Today has been spent cleaning up. Ash is everywhere making quite a mess. Even now an occasional bit of ash is blown into the pool. I have cleaned the pool twice so far and I have hosed all the ash off the patio and around the pool.

Trish flew to Melbourne this morning but we were both up early cleaning the floors and dusting the tables and furniture. The house needed a good clean after the howling winds and ash.

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More photos of the fire can be seen by following the link under Les' Links on the right to "My Photos" and looking in the Fire Photos folder.