Fire In Hobart

Like many places in Australia, Hobart has had its share of fires this week. On Thursday Jo and I drove back from Launceston and saw increasingly thick clouds of smoke as we got nearer to Hobart. Simon was scheduled to fly to Melbourne at 6.15 pm, but the road to the airport was cut because of the fires. The traffic was a t a stand still and we soon realised there was no way we would be able to get Simon to the airport in time for his plane. A quick phone call to Jetstar though and it was all fixed. The changed him to a flight the next day and didn't charge us anything extra. Jetstar have now gone a notch up in my estimation!

Well today was much cooler and a decent shower of rain this morning has meant that the eastern shore fire is now pretty much extinguished. Let's us know however that we could be in for a dramatic summer with more fires to come.