It is about 7pm at home at the moment and darkness is 2 hours away, when suddenly the colour outside changed to yellow/orange.  I stepped outside and we are covered in a thick pall of smoke from a bushfire.  It is so thick it hurts your eyes.  Our mountain is gone out visual range and in fact visibility is under 100 metres.  We can't see where the fire is, but we have been told by a neighbour that it is nearby and the their is a strong wind blowing our direction in the path of the fire. 
 
It is the first time I can honestly say that a fire has unnerved me as the ground is exceptionally dry after 2 months of no rain.  We are surrounded by paddocks of very dry and brown grass.  We have to keep an eye out in case it reaches us.  Not going to be a comfortable night as we are on evacuation standby. 
 
Maybe I should start putting all my games in the car in case  ^-^