Burn-off: Nov 2 2005
In the thick of it Look closely for the fire-fighter in the left section		The eerie burnt after the fire has gone thru	aftermath a fire can smoulder for hrs (even days) after a burn

Nov 7, '05:	(Forrestfield)
	Burning "African Love-grass" (also Elephant Grass). man, does it smoke!
	« Smoke haze
	Geoff's smokey baptism	Smoking Tree	Just Glad to be down-wind

Goosebury Hill Fire: March 2007

	« Mosquitoes leaving at the end of the day, the helitacs leave, heading back to the airport, and we fight-on without them. They are our god-send, with horizontal blades buzzing ahead and long phallic's dangling below they scoop up the escarpment and douse the flames just as they threaten to take hold.
	Hill Ablaze »
	Sometimes it's a Waiting game, and you just have to watch the bush burn....
	« Waiting for the fire
	For the most part, bush fire fighting is a patient combination of on-going waiting and defending. I stood on the back-tray of the appliance and *spotted* if flames or embers "hopped-over" our fire-break..... in the meantime, we wait...
	Going In »
	.... wait for the fire to approach.... and then, when the time is right (when the flames have gotten as near as we dare let them) we *go in* and fight ~ And that........ is an evening at the office.