Goodness @Arpie, that last photo is pretty scary (great pic though). So far the closest fires to us are about 15kms away this time but there are a lot of them. 3 local small towns evacuated yesterday.
@"Annie C" It's just awful isn't? I've got snakes that you never see (bandy bandy's) drowned in the pool all the time trying to get water. Mind you the pool is kind of a lovely shade of green as the water is too low to run the filter. Every bloody other bit of livestock is trying to get into my house. We've got a cockatoo that has taken up residence on the front verandah, magpies that now follow me into the house, possums that are living permanently in the stables along with a carpet python (this is not a bad thing as all mice seem to be gone) and all sorts of critters drinking out of the dog water and eastern browns all over the place. Luckily they are easy to spot these days as there's no bloody grass for them to hide in!
A few of the local water suppliers are that over run people are waiting weeks to get water delivered.
Take care everybody. Fingers crossed for some rain, if not for us then for some of the poor farmers doing it really tough.
xoxo