All 2019/20 bushfire comments here.

Snapshots from operation bushfire assist.


Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20 Archives - CONTACT magazine

Clearance divers recover crashed helicopter.

Navy clearance divers recover crashed helicopter - CONTACT magazine

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by envee

Fires are creeping closer here, latest report has them about 2.5km away but controlled. Thursday was a bit stressful with the winds and the road out to the Princes Highway was shut. Has settled down a bit now and we should be fine so long as the winds don't work against us. The local Potato Point RFS is doing an absolutely fantastic job, along with the other local brigades and others from further afield who've come to help. Had the chopper filling up at the beach and dumping water on the fires for the last couple of days. The whole house shakes when it flies overhead.

Stay safe everyone.

---

I assume you saw the three water bombers in action down your way today.

I was fishing on Tuross Lake this afternoon and the three fixed wing aircraft were filling quite close to where I was fishing and heading down towards the Potato Point Road.

I also noticed a helicopter with a bucket and the big Erikson working on the Potato Point fire.

Yesterday I was manning the gate at the Moruya showground and the aircraft which were filling from the river were concentrating on the fires west of Moruya. Today they were concentrating on Potato Point.

Based on the resources in action down here, it seems that for the last couple of days, the fires near us have become a fairly high priority.

Here is a map to show why envee and I have seen so much fire activity and fire suppression activity in the last couple of days.
Note the scale in the bottom left to get an idea how close the fires are to Potato Point.

Attachment 157516

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by vnx205

I assume you saw the three water bombers in action down your way today.

I was fishing on Tuross Lake this afternoon and the three fixed wing aircraft were filling quite close to where I was fishing and heading down towards the Potato Point Road.

I also noticed a helicopter with a bucket and the big Erikson working on the Potato Point fire.

Yesterday I was manning the gate at the Moruya showground and the aircraft which were filling from the river were concentrating on the fires west of Moruya. Today they were concentrating on Potato Point.

Based on the resources in action down here, it seems that for the last couple of days, the fires near us have become a fairly high priority.

---

Did you catch anything?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by envee

Did you catch anything?

---

Three very nice whiting. The biggest one was 35cm.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by vnx205

Three very nice whiting. The biggest one was 35cm.

---

That's all, even with the lake half drained? [biggrin]

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by vnx205

nice whiting.

---

never heard of such a thing....

King George whiting ? very ,very nice to eat

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by vnx205

Three very nice whiting. The biggest one was 35cm.

---

:thumbsup: