Troubled with wind!

So...for the last week or so we have been troubled by wind! It came from the West and for a few days at least carried dust from the Outback.

Dust haze over Stanthorpe from Mt Marley.

At Frogknot one particularly strong gust snapped a tree in half which fell on the shed. Interestingly and slightly alarmingly, it is the same kind of tree that we have used as the poles for Blue Moon. Gulp!I cannot remember such a prolonged period of wind here where it has been gusty everyday for at least a week.Driving home tonight I saw this It was alarming at first as it is in the general direction of home. I pulled over to allow the fire engine to speed past. Situations like this are obviously not helped by the wind and it one of the greatest fears hereabouts. Thankfully for us it turned out not to be as close as I first thought and the wind was blowing away from us. It did not appear too big a fire and hopefully the 'Firies' get it under control.