Conflagration

"I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer."

Martin Luther

Tough days in the south of Tassie with runaway fires, uncharacteristic heat and stretched resources making for a difficult few weeks. There are thousands of hectares burnt already including one of our favourite sites, the Tahune Airwalk. We always encourage visitors to drive down past Geeveston and check out the walk - and we are hoping and praying that the area and the attraction can recover after the devastation.

We are OK at the moment, but tomorrow could be a tough day - we are the blue cross on the map below. For scale, Judbury to Glen Huon is around 6km.

Fighting on many fronts

We went into Huonville for supplies around 8:30pm last night, and there were hundreds of people in the evacuation centre, displaced from their homes further south. Many roads have been cut, including to Kym's work in Castle Forbes Bay. This is a quick pic taken from the side of the road nearing Grove.

The sun sets behind the smoke plume

We have many offers of accommodation for us and our domestic pets if the situation worsens - we'll turn on the fire pump and sprinklers and decamp to safer climes. Speaking of domestic pets, there's nothing like a dip in Mountain River when the mercury soars! Anyone getting sick of dog swimming videos yet?