Vireya's Blog

Can you see the wind farm? Very smoky today. Would have liked to stay inside, but I had to be out and about. Now I am home and have a he...

Today was our first Total Fire Ban, and first day of Severe fire danger of the summer. So many parts of the country are burning already, but...

Rhubarb and ginger cake I made this morning: I've made this before, although not in this oven or this shaped pan, so I was a bit nerv...

Last Thursday my GPS kicked the bucket. I got a new one yesterday, and today wanted to go for a drive somewhere to check it out. I decided L...

Around the middle of this afternoon we started getting phone alerts about a fire about 5 or 6km away, almost to the west of us. Initially th...

Narmbool homestead. Today we were lucky to have a day exploring the gardens and farmland of Narmbool. If you have been reading my blog fo...

The weather bureau is predicting that we won't get any decent rain for another 6 weeks, which is a bit depressing as everything is so dr...

This afternoon the emergency alert sounded on my phone. I couldn't believe it when it said there was a fire only a couple of kilometres ...

A drive through some of the nearby fire-affected area this morning: Black landscape, blue sky.

This morning we walked to a spot not far from our place which has a view across some of the area affected by the bushfire on the weekend. It...

Today we all waited. Jack and Dot stretched out for a sleep on the stairs: The weather changed in the early afternoon, bringing lots of...

Here's the situation this morning. The black area on this map is the burnt or burning area. The little star I've added to the map is...