joybells2's Blog

Cannot believe it!!! The fires are still alive after three days of rainstorm activity, must have missed the main fires. Choppers are still dropping H2O on it. Just like there is no such thing as a dead shark, there's no such thing as a dead fire, not in the Australian bush, anyway. Further inland our major regional centre was devastated by a severe hail, wind & rainstorm. All spring plant growth was completely destroyed, not to mention property damage. The streets were thickly covered with leaves stripped from trees, as well as large hailstones. Must be heart-breaking to have such destruction & be helpless to do anyrthing about it. Must have been terrifying. Can't say how thankful I am. We only had  a 5 minute torrential downpour & that was it.

Still smell smoke in the calm air of the a.m & our Wollemi Pine continues to sprout new growth.Perhaps the smoke has stimulated some growing mechanism or somesuch. You never know!!