several houses lost, property damage due to deliberately lit fires south of Perth today.
apparently they may have been loaded into a truck on time. but if not, their paddock looks pretty dry & hopefully they would jump over the fire-line & just face burns to their hooves rather than anything worse.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/galleries/a/-/article/8622872/image/11/fire-rages-in-lake-clifton/ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/10/3109841.htm and, in case you missed it Toowoomba in QLD had flash flooding & people have lost their lives.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/11/3110095.htm nattie_dino, i hope you and your loved ones are okay. thoughts go out to you guys.
and i take it you've all heard about the flooding in Queensland and New South Wales as well?
i love my country but... enough already. please.