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  1. J

    Happy New Year 2025

    very limited our fire brigades are nothing like yours in Vic - not as well trained or equipped. Most of the national parks are not generally for public use so no tracks etc most are virgin bush so fighting a fire in them comes down to waiting for the fire to reach the boundary no feral animal...
  2. J

    Happy New Year 2025

    I am living next to a park on the western side of me that covers 488,620 hectares and most of it is virgin bush.. Wollemi is an Aboriginal word meaning 'look around you, keep your eyes open and watch out'. so the aborigines treated with respect the last time it had a major burn was back in 1932...
  3. J

    Happy New Year 2025

    yes our fire period is just starting with a number of small bush fires around the area - pretty safe in the town however
  4. J

    Happy New Year 2025

    yes my niece was on the farm with fires started by embers on the next farm - it has been so dry down there that their paddocks were dirt however I have seen fire travel over a farm dirt paddock and it travels very fast - however their farm survived. I went through a major fire on the farm some...
  5. J

    Happy New Year 2025

    I don't like what i have seen so far in 2025 so decided to make it 1955 instead - was a good time then when your 80 you can make it what ever year you want
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