The Team!
We have just returned to Melbourne after spending a week camping at Bright in the Australian Alps (North East Victoria), with my brother and his family.
The day time temperature has rarely dropped below 30oC and has typically been around 35oC. On one day whilst on Mount Buffalo bush walking (getting some elevation to get some relief from the heat) a large thunderstorm hit the area and whilst it skirted where we were, the lightning started a large bush fire north of Bright and at one point it looked as if we would need to leave the campsite.
Summit of Mt Buffalo
Smoke from fire north of Bright
Water bombing Helicopter
The fire continued to burn throughout the week with women and children from the neighbouring towns of Harrietville and Falls Creek being evacuated to Bright. Thankfully as we left on Saturday a change in wind direction allowed the fire to be brought under some control.
Fire warning
Fire advice
Luckily the fire didn’t affect our enjoyment of the week, although we did change some of our plans.
Now that we are back in Melbourne we are going to remain here for the Australia Day weekend before picking up a campervan on Tuesday for our 3500 km road trip up the east coast to Cairns.
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