All's calm again....sort of...

We had about .5mm of rain last night - not enough to put douse the fires, but certainly enough to slow them down, despite the strong southerly wind which came up early this morning. Within 15 minutes af the gentle rain starting last night, the whole firefront on the ridge to the south subsided. I was very surprised, so maybe the rain was heavier there. With such variable terrain here, every valley and mountain seems to have it's own micro-climate.

But one way or another, things calmed down dramatically and all the tankers and CFA personnel vanished into the night. Even thicker smoke blanketed the valley. I walked down to the road to see what I could see - which was nothing - not even my hand in front of my face. Only a short time earlier, I could walk outside easily without a torch. So I returned and a bit nervously went to bed.

This morning, the southerly is blowing quite strongly, and the smoke is thick, but there's no sign of active fire - and no CFA crews, which under the circumstances has got to be a good thing. Even though the fires are all still burning quietly a short distance away, I'm hoping for a quiet, uneventful day (apart from the cricket which I expect will be very eventful!).