There have been small bushfires burning all around us for a couple of weeks, but in the last 2 days one has gotten bigger and out of control.  It is 12 kms from our house. The SES  ( State Emergency Services) blokes showed up tonight and gave us the update - backburning tomorrow , watch the wind- have an evacuation plan - get the hell out if things go bad tomorrow,
Being surrounded by huge trees, we will have no choice, but hopefully the wind and the firefighting efforts will get things under control. They have been water bombing all day, but one house has already been lost . The bush is dry and inaccessible . 

In other news, our bird water on the deck has continued to attract all sorts of beauties.  

​Parrot City (Crimson Rosellas  and King Parrots)

Four weeks in and we have planted our first (and second) passionfruit vine - Hooray!

The possums (brushtails) have started to make their presence felt. Chompimg on our avocado tree  all night long has resulted in action- Today we put some corrugated roofing perspex around the base of the tree - we'll see how that goes . 
We have wallabies and pademelons also hopping by nightly, so we can't be sure who ate the tips off our  thyme and rosemary. They now have wire guards on them ...
We removed an old fenced area which was overgrown with lemon grass and tree lucerne and uncovered ... a youhg avocado tree! Amazing . It is now muched and fertilized- and watered!
Bruce continues the lantana eradicationand is making good progress ripping out the dreaded pest plant. 
Best sighting of all was our resident lace monitor. It seems to be around the garden a lot, and runs up the nearest tree if we come out. Such a beautiful creature.

We are also having regular fires outside in the evening -Had a great chicken curry  in the camp oven recently.