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  1. 17th April 2018, 10:30 AM #1
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    Gee she's dry in Vic High Country

    I received a Telephone call form a mate who works as a fire spotter out in the Vic High Country near W Tree. I asked how things are going, he told me that they have had little rain this year and its so dry up there that the fire restriction season has been extended well into May. Staff are also on hand still. I mentioned that one wouldn't like a lightning strike starting a fire, that's when he told me that his fire tower is the highest point round there and is all metal, he was on shift in the tower when the area had 136 strikes in a 2 hour period and 11 strikes hit his tower whilst he was in it. The Explosive bang was deafening. and scary . He asks me to visit when I'm in the area, I reckon I would have to pack a suit case full of undies in case a lightning strike occurred.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares View Post
    I reckon I would have to pack a suit case full of undies in case a lightning strike occurred.
    Either that or wear your brown corduroy trousers...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares View Post
    I received a Telephone call form a mate who works as a fire spotter out in the Vic High Country near W Tree. I asked how things are going, he told me that they have had little rain this year and its so dry up there that the fire restriction season has been extended well into May.
    I think the hierarchy at Parks Vic/DELWP might disagree with your mate. Have a look - see link below - at the fires they plan to light within the next 10 days and the fires they have already lit. In some areas the 10 days is up by the end of the week.

    Planned burns for the next ten days
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumbles View Post
    I think the hierarchy at Parks Vic/DELWP might disagree with your mate. Have a look - see link below - at the fires they plan to light within the next 10 days and the fires they have already lit. In some areas the 10 days is up by the end of the week.

    Planned burns for the next ten days
    No one is burning where he is
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    We only just come back from 2wks down there and couldn't believe how dry it was and how much bulldust we struck on the dirt roads, it reminded me of outback travelling..... Must have brought home quite a few buckets of the VHC dust in the back of my defender when I cleaned it out....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Robmacca View Post
    We only just come back from 2wks down there and couldn't believe how dry it was and how much bulldust we struck on the dirt roads, it reminded me of outback travelling..... Must have brought home quite a few buckets of the VHC dust in the back of my defender when I cleaned it out....
    Should of yelled out, Shawn gets lonely up in the tower,I'm sure he would have shown you the view if I rang him letting him know you were coming,
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares View Post
    Should of yelled out, Shawn gets lonely up in the tower,I'm sure he would have shown you the view if I rang him letting him know you were coming,
    Cheers, Mario
    Which Fire Tower?

    We went to the Pinnacles Firetower L/O @ the top of Billy Goats Bluff....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Robmacca View Post
    We only just come back from 2wks down there and couldn't believe how dry it was and how much bulldust we struck on the dirt roads, it reminded me of outback travelling..... Must have brought home quite a few buckets of the VHC dust in the back of my defender when I cleaned it out....

    I gather that uni held up ok?
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  9. 21st April 2018, 07:01 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by edddo View Post
    I gather that uni held up ok?
    Yes mate it did thanks..... but we monitored all the uni Temps using one of those infrared Temp Devices and it was quite surprising to see that the uni at the front of the TC always runs hotter than all the others. By an average of 20>25degrees. I don't know if this is always the case or if it's something I did wrong in the installation or a lack of grease throughout the uni. We initially had troubles getting grease in but we eventually did but I didn't see grease come out all 4 caps, only 3.
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