G'day Guy's,
On the way home from work yesterday, listening to the cricket on the radio a warning came over about a bushfire. When they said the fire was located at Sawpit Gully and Ding Dong road and travelling south-east, I went oh ****** thats headed for my place. When I got to sawpit gully road it was blocked off and I told the cop I lived on the road. He let me through and I told the CFS guys I had a big dam out the back which they could get water from. I took my backhoe over to the back of the farm and quickly scratched a road out for the tankers. Anyway they got the fire under control and my place wasn't burnt. The pic below is 3 doors up and it will give buyers a reality check for sure.
Well good thinking on your part. I sure bet the Fire crews appreciated your help. I will be on the fire line soon. I finish my EMT class in a week then I start the Wildland Fire Academy in Jan.
Don't know what weird name you yanks would call a property that fenced into 3 paddocks and what name you would call bore. Nigel is on the otherside of the world and hit the nail on the head first time......
Don't know what weird name you yanks would call a property that fenced into 3 paddocks and what name you would call bore. Nigel is on the otherside of the world and hit the nail on the head first time......
A bore? We call it a well. A paddock would be a pasture, indicating enough space for livestock to graze. If the 'paddock' is small we call it a fenced yard.
The Americans seemed to like changing the names for things.
I live in a civilized city, not in a desert.
There are no bush fires.
Water, natural gas, electricity, cable TV and telephone come from pipes in the ground. The sewer is a pipe in the ground that goes to the sewage treatment place.
There are fire hydrants with plenty of water for the fire department to extinguish house fires.
The Brits call water, "wo-tah". The Americans call water, "wahddah". Canadians call water, "water".
I live in a civilized city, not in a desert.
There are no bush fires.
Water, natural gas, electricity, cable TV and telephone come from pipes in the ground. The sewer is a pipe in the ground that goes to the sewage treatment place.
There are fire hydrants with plenty of water for the fire department to extinguish house fires.
The Brits call water, "wo-tah". The Americans call water, "wahddah". Canadians call water, "water".
I guess it shows how things vary from one location to another. Around here its a common country practice to burn off our yards, ditch's, and fields in the fall.
A big cloud of smoke like what you guys have in the pictures is so common place here it doesn't even raise any attention.
I think the fire Pommie is referring to resulted in about 200 deaths in 09. There is a difference between a controlled burn and a out of control wildfire.
I guess it shows how things vary from one location to another. Around here its a common country practice to burn off our yards, ditch's, and fields in the fall.
It is also against the law in Canada to burn leaves in the fall due to the air pollution caused. My piles of leaves at the curb are vacuumed away ans chewed up by a city truck. Broken trees are mulched on the spot by a very noisy "chewing" machine. Fireplaces will soon be banned. I hope that smoking stinking diesel busses and truck engines will soon be banned.
I live in a civilized city, not in a desert.
There are no bush fires.
Water, natural gas, electricity, cable TV and telephone come from pipes in the ground. The sewer is a pipe in the ground that goes to the sewage treatment place.
There are fire hydrants with plenty of water for the fire department to extinguish house fires.
The Brits call water, "wo-tah". The Americans call water, "wahddah". Canadians call water, "water".
I have yet to run across a fellow US citizen that pronounces it "wahduh".... even the southerners with their drawl don't say it like that. Oh wait a minute, sometimes a 3yr. old child may pronounce it like that but, they are understandably excused due to their age/development. I seem to remember something where Canadians pronounce it "waiter" !