On Sat, 5 Jan 2013 22:54:43 +1100, "Farm1" >
wrote:

>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
>> On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 16:38:32 +1100, "Farm1" >
>> wrote:
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>> Peaked at 38C yesterday and very windy...
>
>The conditions yesterday down your way sounded dire from what we were
>hearing on the Cricket.

Was blowing a gale... and hot and dry of course. When those Eucalypts
catch fire in such winds there's not much you can do.

>not good conditions as far
>> as fire is concerned. We did a lot of burning off about 3 months ago
>> though so fairly safe here. A lot of the pasture is dry though and
>> would burn pretty quickly even though the grass is short.
>
>We've had 2 fires around here today because of lightening strike and about 3
>drops of rain. .

That's about all we've had, a few drops of rain.