Re: Too Late to Leave!
Originally Posted by
Surfermom
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Bruce, those are some photos! When I was a teenager living in southern California, the hill fires were often visible from the house and helicopters would come in and siphon off the water in the swimming pool to help with the fires. I have a good friend has the C-130s out of California for several years.
The next question is how this is going to affect your journey? Are you postponing, truncating. or changing your destinations? I am sure this is playing havoc with your site reservations. I hope you have a Plan B!
We still have helicopters but not the really big ones like 'Elvis' or fixed wing aircraft which we get from the USA (at great expense).
What we do have is a Rural Fire Service (used to be The Bush Fire Brigade) in just about every town and suburb made up of volunteers who are the real experts at fighting bush fires.
No it won't affect my journey at all. To be honest a few thousand hectares is nothing in the scheme of bush fires.
I will probably leave on Sunday or Monday because the roads in Northern QLD are mostly open now.
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