Dear Belly,

My niece has just rung us about the fires near
Port Macquarie. She lives on a property just
north of Port Macquarie. She told us they were standing
and watching a fire burning on the other side of the
road from their property. The fire department told them
they were safe. The wind was blowing away from their
property. I'll have to give her a ring today to see how
they're doing.

Belly, it's not only fire-bugs that are a problem.
We've seen grass burning by the side of the road obviously
started by cigarettes dropped from the side of cars.
People really need to take more care when out in the bush.
Especially due to the dryer conditions that currently exist.

cont'd ...

Dear Belly,

We reported the burning at the next town - but
obviously other drivers had already done the same
and the fire-service knew about it.

http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-information/fires-near-me
Foxy the fire you speak of is on this map
The number who smoke has dropped but as this map shows the fires are edemic
Smoke was like a heavey blanket here this morning, right down the coast to Sydney
Right now it remains and unlikely to move for two more days we are told

Dear Belly,

Thanks for the map. It looks horrendous.
Completely covering the area where my niece
lives. She loves the bush and wouldn't dream of living
anywhere else. She lives west of Telegraph Point
on the road to Rollands Plains.

Foxy know both places very well, the map covers a great deal of the state
Hence my concerns, it is no even close to our hot dry summer
Bush person myself built my garden to be a bird haven some bottle brush eight meters hight one ten,
Bush is dryer than ever before and it will burn dreadfully
IF some fool lights it
People live right in the bush, under trees that flame horribly
Once started they will not make it out in some places
Law must make an example out of those caught
Here down the coast many, too many, fire fighters have been caught

Dear Belly,

I'm worried about my niece and her family.