There's smoke, where's the fire?

Oops, spoke too soon. It’s a bit smokey again in downtown O’Connor.

There was some burning off this morning up near Dryandra St in O’Connor/Turner, but the smoke seems to have cleared pretty quickly.

Tuggeranong SUCKS for air quality once people start lighting their wood-fires. Always has.

The smoke smells good, and I have heard that some native trees benefit from bush fires to help them pollinate(?)and since residential areas do not really mix well with bush fires, burn offs are the next best thing.

Makes it feel very summery and surreal. I am happy with the smoke.

This smoke is disgusting – is it really justified, or are we just mindlessly burning off everything in sight out of fear of another firestorm?

I was told a house burned down down the street from me yesterday. (hughes – so yeah, near malkara) but I can’t see anything about it, so I might believe it’s the backbirning then. Will haveto investigate this arvo

i woke up this morning, walked outside, and wow, i smelt sooo much smoke out there. (and i live in southern tuggeranong!!)

(really, i’d hate to think if they ever back-burn one of the hills in calwell. I could barely breathe from today!!)

Meconium,

Yes, it’s the hill above Malkara.

After they removed a whole bunch of trees after the firestorm, the undergrowth got away a bit, and there was quite a lot of debris from the tree removal. It all adds up to lots of fuel, I guess.

I’m not convinced that tree removal was the answer in the first place, but given that this happened, then low-intensity burns become necessary, I suppose.

Is Hawk’s Hill the name of that hill between Hughes and Garran? Never knew that.

Smoke everywhere near my place this morning – is it really necessary to backburn there? I suppose there’s a chance of it catching fire if Red Hill goes up but I’m not convinced.

Cranking up the fireplace? Don’t they know that Real Canberrans don’t light the fireplace until after Anzac Day?