Fires in the bush

I am posting this photo and I was wondering how the hole got there. It seems to be a laser hole.
Trees that have been hit with a lightening strike will not burn. I have been bought up in the bush from child hood and I have never seen this type of activity before.

What has changed?

It has been some time since the fires that decimated a lot of Australia.
The area has changed to what was normal for a bush fire.
The most significant is the smell and it had me stumped for some time.
There is no smell, there is no flies there is no ants. I saw one spider and he  was walking across the ground which is just bizarre for a funnel web.
It hurts that much to see the devastation.................................

Knowing your laws like the constitution of Australia

Know the results of referendums and the question asked is the secret to rebuild after the fires in Australia.
You do not have to pay extortion to your local council.
Your politicians work for you not the other way around.
They are afraid if the people start to demand the constitution be used.
Politicians like the head of the greens know the punishment for treason.

Hell on earth

Just got back from Talbingo where the fires crossed a dam a distance of over a mile. The fire turned into fire balls and crossed the dam at speeds of 1000 k/h. Fire fighters are suffering mental illness from the experiences. The fires wre burning 20 meters above the tree line. I drove for several hours across the Kosciusko national park to Cooma. Every thing flattened Kiandra totally gone. It was enough to make a grown man cry. I too who spoke to several people today have been left scared by there stories. Only saw a hand full of kangaroos and about 10 brumbies at long plain hut road. One tree lopper said they were accused of stealing trees they were cutting down by National Sparks and Wildfires. We never saw any timber trucks with native logs on them. Stood on a bush ant nest and jumped and there was no ants. Some trees are burning below ground.When I can I will post photos .

time to heal

When betrayed by your partner of 30 years tears flow and friends leave and then you have nothing. Nothing at all just your old worn out clothes and shoes,The kids stayed because they were too young to leave. Then the reality sets in when everything you worked for is sold for a pittance of what you paid for it.
Even your own family sees you as a looser and stop talking to you, been over 20 years now not even a phone call "how are you"!
Finally the youngest leaves with nothing to live for except your self. Then the murder of your oldest son nothing left lots of tears and the only place to live is your sons house that they bought for you and  put in for together.
Four hours away from them knowing no one at all.
Then I meet the hardware man Peter the local high school teacher retired Brian and a retired farmer Donny. Along with these came there families beautiful people. Unforgettable people.
Being burnt out and having nothing would be worse animals gone memories just grey ash on the ground. Then the gawkers and the Evil Insurance companies who find a way not to give you anything.They use things like Arson pre-existing conditions. Yes every one has Dewalt tools hope you had photos of everything on the computer in a cloud. You are treated like a criminal I was virtually accused of causing a flood when the river at Gundagai flooded. Then lost all my tools at another house that was flooded whilst I was away repairing the Gundagai place. This was caused by council not cleaning the streets of rubbish that blocked the drains. Then the price hike in insurance from 500 to 3000. Fuck insurance and all the charities red cross and government blood suckers.
I showed them I got up again but to do it again never.
Love all the friends that I have not meet yet and the ones who stayed.
God just give me strength.

Please come to Australia.Just send us your money.

Shit they forgot the fires. As the great George Bush said SHOP SHOP SHOP. Charities said no more goods just send us money. Wont work here, No shops!

Science is so much fun.

Playing with science is just so much fun.
Watching and learning, light a fire and watch how the wood behaves and where the fire actually burns is better than watching days of our lives or any other sitcom for that matter.
How people are so dumb is pretty amazing to watch as well.
Try just sitting somewhere and just watch. You can learn so much about your neighbourhood by laying under a car at night. sounds travel easily at ground level and you hear what is happening 200 meters up the street.
I recon the next best job would be a post deliverer, but I am stuck with engineering.
Could you imagine the havoc you could do being a postie.  HAHAHA Just thinking.