G'Day Guys, we're ok, we live on the far northern side of Melbourne, but the closest fires were about 10-15 miles away from here. Lots of smoke and red skies, but little danger, thank God.
I rang SteveK0 last night to see if he was ok, and he told me that the fires were only about 1000 yards from him, but luckily the wind changed and the fires moved further north-east, but these fires were the ones that did most of the damage, claiming 70-odd lives around the Kinglake and Marysville areas.
The official death toll now stands at 108, but they are expecting many more once the army and police get into areas that were previously too hot to enter. I'm waiting to see if the Princes Highway has been re-opened, so I can drive my elderly parents back to their home in the country, the area that we'll be driving thru has many fires still burning out of control, with around 30 deaths recorded so far. Luckily the area where my mom and Dad live is out of harms way.
This is officially Australia's worst natural disaster ever, so we're all waiting with "bated breath" to see where it's gonna go...........