Bushfire Post #4 Saturday
Saturday
It is usual after fires of this magnitude for the fire services to block people from returning to their properties unil the are has been made safe. Still, we thought we’d try our best to get out and see the house because at this point we did not know for sure that the house had been destroyed.
Luckily we were allowed through. we drove out and the photos tell the story. Some locals had cleared some sections of road. Fortunately we had Bruce’s chainsaw, so we were able to remove the fallen trees from our driveway as we neared the house.
There was clearly no point whatsoever in staying three, and with many trees still burning and the occasional giant tree crashing to the ground, 6’' deep ash and very little else.
We caught up with some neighbors, and headed out on the road to Sydney, down to stay with Bruce’s sister Helen and her husband Bob.
We drove as far as Nambucca Heads decided to pull over mid afternoon rather than press on in our tired state.
It is usual after fires of this magnitude for the fire services to block people from returning to their properties unil the are has been made safe. Still, we thought we’d try our best to get out and see the house because at this point we did not know for sure that the house had been destroyed.
Luckily we were allowed through. we drove out and the photos tell the story. Some locals had cleared some sections of road. Fortunately we had Bruce’s chainsaw, so we were able to remove the fallen trees from our driveway as we neared the house.
There was clearly no point whatsoever in staying three, and with many trees still burning and the occasional giant tree crashing to the ground, 6’' deep ash and very little else.
We caught up with some neighbors, and headed out on the road to Sydney, down to stay with Bruce’s sister Helen and her husband Bob.
We drove as far as Nambucca Heads decided to pull over mid afternoon rather than press on in our tired state.
FIlm footage (not mine) of the fire at Nymboida
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