Just looked up the Franklin-Gordon. What an amazing result. I notice the claim theses days when putting in dams is to "manage" the water. Makes it sounds like theyre doing a good thing that way.

The first story about bushfires I heard when we arrived here was the Ash Wednesday fires. Then shortly after arrival Victoria had the Black Saturday. Just horrific.

When wee had the Sampson Flat fires a few years ago there were fears it would become another Ash Wednesday. Thankfully they did an amazing job keeping that under control. Also luck with the wind changing every time they thought it would reach some of the outer suburbs.