| Tharwa Saturday 18th January 2003 | |
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With the onset of Extreme Fire Weather, the
extended freeburning flanks of the Stockyard, Bendora and
Broken Cart fires blew up into massive running fires sending
dense smoke plumes over southern Canberra. It was
extraordinary, for I had seen midnight last turned into
midday on the south side of Mount Tennent and now the midday
hours turned into midnight on the north side...quite
bizarre.
Photograph © Jeff Cutting |
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With intense fires burning on the northern
slopes of Mount Tennent, the Ingledene pines south of Tharwa
are seeded with spot fires.
Photograph © Jeff Cutting |
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“The fire abated and by 6pm the sun had risen for the second time that day.” Josie Porter, Outward Bound |
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