cracka wrote:Grenville wrote:Booney wrote:Friends sister has lost everything in Gumeracha.
Got a mate at Woodside who had to leave, he's not sure how his place fared.
Where abouts in Woodside. I'm in the Jacaranda/Saint Marks estate. A couple of properties on the edge of this estate lost sheds but fortunately no houses lost. Pretty sure all houses in the town are ok. Saw 2 houses up on Ridge Road burnt out & a couple on the main road towards Lobethal.
We live on the top/paddock side of Grevillea Way Cracka and were awfully lucky. Fire reached and made a bit of a mess of our fence but didn't make it into the yard. My parents also live in the estate now and (stubbornly) stayed behind, so to be on the phone to them while they stood in the street trying to explain what was going on was quite terrifying.
Appears 4 homes lost on Ridge Rd, one of which was visible from our yard. A few others gone on the road leading out to Lobethal as you said, and at least one I know of was lost near Bird in Hand. Was awful going for a short walk around the town earlier, but it was also a reminder of how more catastrophic it all could have been. Hopefully the damage out towards Lenswood isn't too bad, as have many friends there.
Thoughts go to those who have suffered loss, and words of thanks wont do justice to the job done by the CFS and other volunteers. Seeing a truck from the Port McDonnell brigade driving through the main street earlier really summed up the effort they make.
Dutchy wrote:A pic of the world class Fox Creek Mountain Bike trails, it was such dense bush in there, the ferocity must have been unbelievable.
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Have spent countless hours hiking and riding through "Foxies/Mt Crawford" having grown up just around the corner from it. I dont look forward my next visit, but hopefully the bush can recover well enough.

SAFC- 60 years...
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