Monday night

Big fire on the hill to the east, coming down to the road about 500mtrs away and burning along the river. Another to the south about 1km away. The fire above us to the west is only about 500 mtrs away now. They are attempting a big backburn tonight just up from us, to try to finally stop this one which has been threatening for a week. To the north a new blaze around the bridge is about 4kms away and cut the access road to Porepunkah today - but we don't think this one will threaten us. The fire that's burning all round Mt Buffalo a few kms to the north is still causing continual problems. The next two days will be hot and winds will increase, so the more backburning that happens tonight the better. It's anticipated that the next two days will be difficult. Hopefully Thursday night will bring some rain.

Sorry no photos - too much smoke to see anything.