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Very cool Adam

Temp has dropped to 16.9 in Ferny Creek and we had about 4mm. It came down very hard at one stage. It's also very misty up here now. Great pics Ricki

Great pics. The bushfire ones are just devastating. Lily, certainly a lot of water where you were on NYE

Some nice shots there Here's a great link on how to shoot lightening

http://www.lightningphotography.com/photos.html

and here are the Photo Tips

http://www.lightningphotography.com/tips.html

Lily, got my Rivergirl avatar on today so I don't scare you

Yep Sherbrooke, Tremont, Ferny Creek too close for me. They said on the news that the Tremont one was arson as I suspected. At least they have the guy that tried to start a fire in Sherbrooke on Friday locked up. I remember Feb/March 2008 there were 40 fires within a km of me. Unbelievable!

Hi tizza, I stayed as the wind was blowing NNE so that is blowing away from me but had friends in the direction the fire was taking that were frantically ringing me to see what the CFA were saying on my scanner. I didn't think today warranted leaving here as the winds predicted aren't that strong, a...

Just had fire in bush at end of One Tree Hill Ferny Creek/Tremont near the lookout, north face contained up here thank goodness, that's not far from me EAST METROPOLITAN TREMONT LORD SOMERS TRACK 11/01/10 03:11:00 PM WILD FIRE CONTAINED SPOT 3 Choppers overhead This fire above was the second one to...

Just had fire in bush at end of One Tree Hill Ferny Creek/Tremont near the lookout, north face contained up here thank goodness, that's not far from me

EAST METROPOLITAN TREMONT LORD SOMERS TRACK 11/01/10 03:11:00 PM WILD FIRE CONTAINED SPOT 3

Choppers overhead

Welcome to the forum Darren and thanks for the info :) I didn't mention the GFDI at Tullamarine because it is 0 :!: which is strange. I know it's mainly grass there. I also know a lot of grass isn't still green like ours in drier areas but I'm thankful for our greeness atm as it's pretty terrifying ...

Yes exactly droughtbreaker and Anthony. I've always wondered why Tullamarine had a FFDI lol. I'm not that worried about tomorrow up in the hills because of the rain we've had and also the ratings. As hillybilly would attest, it's still pretty green up here. The only worry of course is arsonists. The...

Here's the BOM Fire Danger Rating issued at 4.47pm today for Monday 11th January http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/vic/forecasts/bushfire.shtml I see Dunns Hill has an FFDI of 43 which is Very High and not the Extreme rating but the latter rating is for all of the Central area. Tullamarine is 98 :shock:...

That's terrific! Thanks Wes

Happy New Year everyone. Well here near Launceston it didn't rain so we sat outside till midnight with friends watching the Blue Moon, although it's not really blue. Glad to hear we got 30mm DJ :) Here's a link to some stunning storm shots taken by Heather over Geelong http://www.redbubble.com/peopl...

Hey Karl and everyone, just checking in from Tassie. Finally got to a computer. Exciting times ahead I see. My son Luke is in Pakenham today working at the Pakenham Police station so interested to see what's happening there. It's 30 deg C here near Launceston and very muggy HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE and h...

Well at 5.15pm we had our Christmas Eve street party, a BBQ sizzle. I have been living here for 25 years and this is the first street party I have been to as we generally go to Sydney for Christmas but now half our families have moved to Tassie. Anyway checked out the radar and at 5.45pm when Santas...

HAPPY 16TH Dc449, hope you have an awesome birthday/Christmas Eve :partymany:

a few drops of rain up here in Ferny Creek and thunder

Thanks Karl It's a great place here :partymany:

Hey Jake,

I wanted to bring the best ones over from the old forum cause I love the one you used and also :lol: If you see any around that you would like added just save them and send to me. Yes I love the light sabre on my iphone, I'm just a kid at heart

Robyn

Karl, I think the only problem with seeing it in Gold Class is that they may not have the 3D screen. You have to see this in 3D!!! Check before you buy and enjoy. I'm going back again for sure. Two and half hours in another fantastical world