This morning we went out with our walking group to Fingal Bay. Unfortunately, the walk which was planned around the bushland at Fingal wasn't possible because of the recent bush fires which are still smoking in places. This picture shows some of the devastation and one of the fire victims.
@eyesmile@yaorenliu@joluise Thanks. We were out with our walking group this morning and the planned route for the walk had to be changed because the area at Fingal Bay was closed off because of the bush fires. I don't think the person who owns this bike will be riding it again.
@sbolden Thanks Scott. No it isn't snow or ash it is sand because the bushland is by the ocean and because the fire was so intense all the undergrowrth has burnt away and also the topsoil, leaving the sand underneath. Fires are still burning across New South Wales at the moment and some houses have been lost. I think we are in for a long hot spring and summer.
@paulaw We never know. Rain could be expected today as it has gone cooler, but then the weekend is up to 37 degrees c again maybe. The end of next week they forecast rain, but it could still miss us, very often does!! Only had 3 days of rain since the beginning of September!!!!
@gamelee Thanks Lee. Just at the back of Fingal Bay is a huge area of bushland and it did come really close to the houses. Luckily no houses were lost in this fire. The one about 25 km away at Heatherbrae burnt out about 5000 hectares of bush I believe and some houses were lost in that fire.
@huvesaker Thanks so much for the fav. It tells a story doesn't it. This was our closest fire. The other was about 25 km away and a friend of ours had a house in the middle of it. Luckily the fire just went over his house and only did a little damage.
@smiffy37 Thanks Eileen. This particular fire at Fingal Bay, we found out on the news tonight, was deliberately lit by an 11 year old boy. The other fire in our area at Heatherbrae was delibedrately lit by a 15 year old boy. I am speechless as to why kids do this sort of thing.
The fires in the Blue Mountains near Sydney which are raging at the moment have burnt out 45,000 hectares of bush land and it is still only spring here. I think we are in for a rather scary summer.
October 21st, 2013
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Thanks Deb. It came right up to the houses at Fingal.
The fires in the Blue Mountains near Sydney which are raging at the moment have burnt out 45,000 hectares of bush land and it is still only spring here. I think we are in for a rather scary summer.