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Beth54


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Be careful if you're travelling in NQ. I heard that the bushfires are bad around Townsville. 

Stay safe!



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Sure is strange weather..bush fires up north seen them on new this morning so must be hot up there and cold here and still windy but so far today no rain .... also heard they have had snow down south ..Mother Nature you ara giving us heaps ....

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It's bushfire season in Qld. After our dry winter..not that they really have a winter in FNQ..the grass is dry and if the wind gets up, it doesn't take much to catch fire. 

The wind here seems to have dropped this morning, and they have forecast rain, so fingers crossed.

Snow? Yes, very weird! We had a hail storm in August, that was very weird too!



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we had hail last friday 2 storms in 2 days so yes bit different

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Still only 9 degrees C here at 11am

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I txt son in Biggenden before. He said the nearest bushfire to him is out at Eisvold, spelt wrong but out past Gayndah.

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Happywanderer wrote:

I txt son in Biggenden before. He said the nearest bushfire to him is out at Eisvold, spelt wrong but out past Gayndah.

 I know where you mean Marj. Gypsy had a flat tyre there. Now I've hear there's some near Gladstone too.



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Bushfires now in NQ, SQ, CQ and on Frazer Island off the coast



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Bushfires now in NQ, SQ, CQ and on Frazer Island off the coast

 Just saw that Brian. Not good. no



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Also had bush fire just over a week ago in the Blue Mountains and now quite cool but this is just the start of the bushfire season and the police have caught two young blokes 14 & 19 for lighting 6 fires in the Leura area, with a few hot days and a bit of wind the bush is ready to go hopefully not a repeat of 2001 Christmas

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Why do these idiots do it every year. Oh good its hot and dry, Lets light a fire and see what happens. Brainless twits.

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Over 40 seperate bushfires burning throughout Qld today



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Happywanderer wrote:
Why do these idiots do it every year. Oh good its hot and dry, Lets light a fire and see what happens. Brainless twits.
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Couldn't agree with you more Marj. They really are idiots!!
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To we sensible people, it's impossible to understand why they do it. What do they get out of it.  confuse 



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very smoky yesterday here in Mareeba, but today a lot better. you can see

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Why do these idiots do it every year. Oh good its hot and dry, Lets light a fire and see what happens. Brainless twits.

 I totally agree HW....there has been a total fire ban in Qld since 1 September through to 1 January 2012. http://www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au/

And what happens in the CP where I am currently staying......yep they lit a fire to burn the gully which was full of dead grass, leaves, logs etc.  Did it just on dusk and then went to bed a few hours later after the fire appeared to die down.  It continued to smolder for many days

Several days later when the wind picked up again the guy next door to me and I ended up having to contain the fire with a couple garden hoses in order to prevent it spreading any further and putting our vans in any further danger.  20ft flames less than 30 odd feet from my van......not happy.

So I say to all you travelers/campers out there.....PLEASE be aware of this total fire ban in Qld and that also means campfires as well.

Posting link again and hope to get the message across. 

http://www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au/



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Holy dooly Baroma! You should dob him into the fire dept. Anonomously, of course.



-- Edited by Beth54 on Wednesday 5th of October 2011 12:51:18 PM

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I hope you had some very stern words to say to him Boroma. I would have reported it. If you had called the fire brigade they would have known he started it and he should have been fined.

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Beth54 wrote:

Holy dooly Baroma! You should dob him into the fire dept. Anonomously, of course.

 Probably a bit late now, but yes Beth, perhaps I should have at the time.  It was certainly very scary and I must admit all I could think of was stopping the fire advancing any closer to my van.  This is also why I did not think to ring 000...too busy with more pressing thoughts.



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I hope you had some very stern words to say to him Boroma.

 I did later HW, after I had calmed down a bit and stopped coughing from all the smoke I inhaled.

Had a terrible night that night, my eyes burned all night and I could not sleep.



-- Edited by Boroma577 on Wednesday 5th of October 2011 01:41:50 PM

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