Wildfire at midnight
Barbs smelled smoke last night at about 12 and as this is fire season, and our neighbour had burned off the field below us, got up and had a look.
Otherwise this might have been a very different story - one that included recently roasted or asphixiated monkey, Mrs Monkey and various furkids. The wind had got up and found an ember somewhere and got into the wattle brush-piles next to the stream and was heading for our place.
As is, I am just a very stiff, sore and tired monkey. With the tractor pump from next door, and a tank ful on ute and five of us and backpacks (25 litre backpacks of water and a hand pump) we got it out before it got through to our place.
And now I hear my little one (6'2"- but still my little one) has flu (I am sure h1N1) - he's at Uni in res 10 hours drive away.
Otherwise this might have been a very different story - one that included recently roasted or asphixiated monkey, Mrs Monkey and various furkids. The wind had got up and found an ember somewhere and got into the wattle brush-piles next to the stream and was heading for our place.
As is, I am just a very stiff, sore and tired monkey. With the tractor pump from next door, and a tank ful on ute and five of us and backpacks (25 litre backpacks of water and a hand pump) we got it out before it got through to our place.
And now I hear my little one (6'2"- but still my little one) has flu (I am sure h1N1) - he's at Uni in res 10 hours drive away.