Baking kοτόπιτα (chook pie) for the Climate Action Picnic

Putting St Albans on the map when it comes to Climate Change

Vera & David hosted the St Albans' picnic for Climate Change Action as part of GetUp's National Day of Action on climate change on Sun 17 Nov. The bushfire was still burning whilst it was bucketing rain on St Albans that day. Luckily the Captain opened up the fire shed for us to have our picnic and have our say.

Ed (the bull) does not take long to find the girls

20mm since last night!

It started raining yesterday! 20mm so far since last night. No word on what effect it's having on the fire as yet.

Vera getting the uniform dirty

Vera and crew after overnight shift

Vera's first day on duty

Bit smokey

Fire Update

 Vera and I have been pretty busy this last week preparing the house fire-fighting gear and crewing with the local R.F.S. brigade.

The Howe's Swamp fire has now been burning for over two weeks. Containment lines to the north and east were breached a few days back and the fire jumped the Macdonald River in a number of places.

So far the southern containment line along Gorrick's Track and the hand tool line down the Bread knife to the Macdonald have held. The fire is now unlikely to come to us down the western side of the Macdonald.  It's burning in remote bushland in Yengo Nat. Park and being fought by winched in R.A.F.T. crews and helicopter water bombing.

Our main fear is it gets a hold on the eastern side of the Macdonald and then travels south.

Rain is predicted for Saturday (not much) Sunday and Monday (up to 40mm). It can't come quick enough.

Thanks to everyone who has rung and emailed to check on our safety.

David and Vera

 

Dunny with views to three points of the compass

Back-burning at Blackwood's

Closer but hopefully safer

Fire to South East is result of yesterday's back-burn

Back-burning up the river

Back burning containment lines about six Km up

Preparing a buoy-wall to refill water bombers

Bombing the Bread knife "safe side"

Howe's Swamp Bushfire gets closer

Vera's Birthday paddle on our stretch

Sue's shingle for the re-naming of Fowl Manors

Chooks move upmarket from Shanty Town to Fowl Manors

The Mighty Boys earn their beer

Pumpkin ravioli and apple

Some of our cattle on holidays across the river

Work recommences on chook palace