Australia on Fire.

So...we are getting a few messages asking us if we are OK with all these terrible fires around Australia.We are fine, at the moment, and the fires on the news are a long way from us. It is heart breaking to hear of the deaths of volunteer firefighters and people trying to save their homes. Those fire fighters are a special breed and some have been fighting fires for weeks now.The bush around us is tinder dry and just today we heard there was a vegetation fire in Sundown National Park to the south of us. Having seen the vast areas over which these fires can spread in these unprecedented dry conditions on our trip down to Maclean over Christmas, we shall be keeping a close eye on that fire in Sundown. We suspect it was started by lightning from the storm that passed over that area yesterday (It passed us by again so we had no rain.) … but for now we are lucky and, pomegranate seeds willing, long may that continue until the rains come.