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@pascalo we’re here in Paynesville, Gippsland and the advice round here is ‘enjoy yourself but be ready to go’. Was a little smokey first thing this morning but by all accounts the wind is in the opposite direction and our Airbnb hosts and all the locals we’ve been chatting with are pretty upbeat and have got their contingency plans in place. I just booked in for a little tattoo tomorrow, the artist is a volunteer fire fighter and has his ute prepped with pump and water tank ready to go outside the studio.
Our next stop is Canberra to see friends, obviously we won’t be driving up the coast now but back to Melbs then up. Our suitcases have remained packed and ready to go at all times and we’re keeping our passports on us. Not much else we can really do tbh. Everything accom/travel-wise is paid up and we can’t really afford to make drastic changes to our plans but yes at the end of the day we’re not fools and we’re not gonna do anything silly.
Saw a bunch of blokes in their hopped-up utes coming out of the bush yesterday covered in ash and crap. Is fire-chasing a thing? Like storm-chasers in the u.s?