Dear John and All, Today, the temperature was a little milder here � 34��C with light winds � so the volunteer firemen were able to 'back burn' to produce 'control lines'.
They hope that the control lines will be effective over the next two days when the predictions are for 37��C and 40��C with strong northerly winds. I expect that we will be smoked out here in Geelong tomorrow as the winds bring the smoke from the Canberra and north-east Victorian regions. As I mentioned in an earlier post the fires are between 400�kilometres and 750�kilometres from Geelong so we are not threatened by these particular bush fires. Cheers, and thanks again for your concern, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia
