General Chat

Wishing you ,your family and friends and neighbours all the best in these very hard times in Victoria . also we salute the wonderful members of the CFA and other wonderful helpers .

June

Thank God you've still got your sense of humour (the beer ...) :-))))

I was saying to my hubby last night, I don't know how these "murderers" - for that's what the arsonists are - can sleep, knowing that they've taken lives. Hubby added that they've also taken away peoples' homes, family, pets - the lot, in some cases.

All good wishes to you over there. Take care.
x

Brilliant news Mick that you are safe. I'm a Sth Gippy girl originally, now in Albury, we are still watching the Beechworth/ Myrtelford/Dederang/Yackandandah situation, they are on ember watch but it's much cooler now and hardly any wind today, so hopefully things are improving. Well done
keeping your house and chooks, take care of yourself and your neighbours, we all need one another at these times.............Hz

Good to hear your news and know you are keeping your spirits up.
My thoughts are with you all and particularly with the families who have lost everything and all the lives lost.
I hope they have got it in control before it gets very hot again as I believe the forecast is for later in the week.
Take care.
brenda x

Mick.....hope you're all keeping diaries.....could be a book in the making, let people really know what you've all been through!! ?

Take care:o)

jude x

My computer has been in 'hospital' for a couple of days and I have been anxiously waiting to get it back to find out if Mick is safe. So glad he is.
A few years ago I would have watched the news and thought 'how dreadful' but now I feel I have a more personal interest, having read Micks postings on various threads. He is like a friend.
I reckon if the firebugs are caught they should be dropped off in front of the fire, since they like fire so much, and left to do what they want. If they survive they might think twice about lighting more fires. If they dont they will have learnt their lesson and wont light any more. That would be real justice.
Harsh? Well why not.

Huia.

Well, today the Police removed the roadblocks around my town,
so we can expect 100's of rubbernecking tourists on the weekend-lol

But I really think people need to see what has happened here - its all very well seeing it on TV, but every Australian needs to see what this fire did,
to see it and smell it.

The bureaucrats have started coming round- Govt departments gathering statistics on what we have lost, and what we need (for me just a bit of water and a few bales of hay- oh and a lot of fenceposts!)

I went up into the bush today - what bush? Its all gone - just white ash and black sticks that were trees for mile after mile.

The poor old dog cant understand why he hasnt been getting his daily walk through the bush - I guess I will have to just show him why!

Life goes on!


xxxxxxxx mick

Mick,what about the shed,caravan and trailer that you lost??

surely you will get some compensation for those??You only mention your hay ,water and fence posts.

so glad that things are under control though now.
Take care
Brenda x

We have pretty explicit pictures in the Daily Mirror this morning, horrific Mick!! ldo hope they catch who ever is to blame, they need locking with some of the residents who have lost family and possesions!!

Give the dog a ((((HUG)))) from me and ((((HUG)))) for you.

jude x

Well I didn't manage to stay online for very long so now I am back, hopefully for good, I am glad to read you are safe Mick and didn't lose too much and only things that can be replaced anyway. Guess you have a lot more housework to do now with the dust and soot etc but take it easy, and stay safe in future too.
Lizxx

OOOH Liz, you mentioned the H word! Wash out your mouth. At least you should not be short of water.

Huia.

Hey all you Aussies, if you want some of your oppossums to replace any that died you are very welcome to come over here and take all that you can catch. They are a pest over here and we shoot or poison them!
Huia.

Huia, sorry, didn't think!

Mick's going to be a busy chap, so much for retirement!

Hope you and your o.h. are ok.

Lizxx

Just to let you know that after 65 days,

I have finally finished repairing my fences!

(or at least all I can be bothered doing this millenium!)

Some kind people with a tractor took away the charred
remains of my caravan and stock trailer today.

Now I just have to build a new goat shed before 1/6/09.
This one will be bigger and better with ensuites to each stall
cable TV, and sauna and swiimming pool.

xxxxx mick

Hi Mick
Glad things are getting back to some sort of normality for you. Hope that goes for your neighbours as well. Lovely to have an update.
Tina x

Hi there Mick.

I have been wondering how you have been getting on. If it wasnt for my OH's alzheimers I would love to offer to have you or anybody else who needs a holiday from the charred landscape to come over here. Best of luck for the future.

Huia.

Delighted you have finished the fencing, Mick, and as for the planned luxury goatsheds.....well it makes me sorry I am not a goat:-)) Take care. BC X

Great to hear from you Mick. Glad things are getting better for you. It's lots of hard work but it will be worth it. Lucky goats by the way.

Take care hun.

Dianne xx

Are there different breeds of goat in australia? We used to keep Saanen and Anglo nubian. One of my favourite creatures.

Hi Mick, glad you are getting straight again, can I book a goat shed, one with ensuite please lol

Lizx