Bushfires near Tolmie

[Doughboy]

I hope the brigades involved in the Tolmie area fires are listening to the local contingent as the amount of times I have attended a fire and had no local input only to find trucks sitting idley by because local land knowledge has not been utilized would make you cringe.

I know we need a distinct chain of command but we also need to be realistic about these things, no one knows an area like the locals do.

I remain thoughtful of our friends in the area.

Pete

[journeyman Mick]

......................If you want to see enviromental improvement it will require a different view to taxation, Governmental leadership, and someone with the ability to absorb the populations views and needs and steer them in a positive direction. We don't have that leadership at the moment...........

Yep, vote 1 J'Mick for benevolent dictator.

(Just trying to lighten the mood somewhat.)

Mick

[Cliff Rogers]

Has anybody heard from Rob?

I heard on the radio yesterday arvo that there were 6 firefighters injured near Mansfield.

Anybody know what is going on?

[ozwinner]

I rang Rob Saturday night and he and Meg are ok, smoked but not stirred.

Al

[Auld Bassoon]

Thanks Al, glad to hear that.

[outback]

Keep the god news coming Al. I'd hate to hear bad news about all those lovely handtools.

[Wood Borer]

Yes we are OK, the danger has been greatly reduced so we were able to go to my old company's Christmas turn in Melbourne (Restaurant at Albert Park Lake).

Our son and his fiancee looked after the place. We got home at 2:30 AM

Today the smoke was virtually gone which was wonderful.

Today we discovered the bower of a satin bower bird decorated with a squillion blue objects, pen tops, pegs, bottle tops ...... no record clamps or tools yet but if they go missing I will know where to find them. The bower seems to be working because there are four female bower birds flying around.

The bower is in our garden about 10m from the house. I'll try and remember to take a photo and post it if anyone is interested.

The tools and the pythons are fine too.

[Groggy]

Rob that's great news, now enjoy your Christmas

[Cliff Rogers]

...The bower is in our garden about 10m from the house. I'll try and remember to take a photo and post it if anyone is interested.

The tools and the pythons are fine too.

Good to hear you are all fine, I'm interested in a pic of the bower.

[RufflyRustic]

Hi Rob,

Glad things are better in your area.

I, too, would love to see a photo of the Bower Bird's nest. Just another lovely reason why you moved there I hope

cheers
Wendy

[Wood Borer]

Here's the Bower Bird's special little place and method of picking up chicks

Perhaps some of the males on this forum who are wanting female company could give this method a shot - probably cheaper than internet dating.

[Gumby]

Here's the Bower Bird's special little place and method of picking up chicks

Perhaps some of the males on this forum who are wanting female company could give this method a shot - probably cheaper than internet dating.

Why would he go to so much trouble.

Just put up a sign, chicks wanted, car and meals supplied.

It worked for me.

[Stuart]

Richard,

Please delete this and the four previous posts ( including yours) as they have nothing to do with the bushfires near Tolmie.

A little bit of consistency in your moderation of posts would be great as I feel you are leaving some posts that are irrelevant to the topic and deleting the replies it generates.

Why are the original posts about bower birds left and others deleted, maybe because the original replies were from Moderators?


Peter.

1. Richard is not the only one moderating this thread :mad:

2. Posts by moderators get deleted just as anyone elses that are not appropriate, so it is unreasonable to suggest that their posts are treated differently.

3. Perhaps the deletions haven't been as all-encompassing as they could be, we are always trying to walk the thin line of over-moderating, vs sufficient moderating to keep this place on-track despite numerous attempts to hijack a thread set for a specific purpose.

4. Everyone has been warned (more than enough), so it ends here. There are plenty of other threads to spread the typical anarchy. Leave this one alone, unless of course you actually have something valid to contribute to the original topic.


Stuart
Senior Moderator

[Gumby]

Fires are reported 100m from Walhalla. Geez, I used to spend quite a bit of time there about 30 years ago.

It's a real old relic of a town with hardly any residents but in recent times it's had the old Hospital converted to a Hotel and the old pub burnt down long ago.

It's in a small valley so if it roars through there, I wish them luck.

[Wood Borer]

I think the fire threatening Walhalla was deliberately lit wasn't it?

The fires between us and Walhalla around Merrijig, Mirimbah and Mt Buller are posing quite a threat to people there. There are community meetings for many places including BAIRNSDALE, BENAMBRA, BRIGHT, BRUTHEN, DARGO, ENSAY, EUROBIN, GLENGARRY, GOUGHS BAY, JAMIESON, MACS COVE, MERRIJIG, METUNG, MYRTLEFORD, OMEO, RAWSON, SWIFTS CREEK and WALHALLA.

I heard Omeo might be threatened, lets hope Eastie and his family are OK.

Eastie, you kindly offered to help us prepare for fires now the boot may be on other foot, is there anything any of us can do to help you.

The smoke around Mansfield and up here in Tolmie is still hanging about. I was driving home from Melbourne around midnight last night and after approaching Mansfield, oncoming headlights appeared orange in colour.

I understand Melbourne and other areas are copping the smoke although it seemed clear in Melbourne last night.