In December we also got Linc's eyes tested since he was complaining of poor vision; turns out he needs glasses.
In better news we did make it to Kiama with the Bell and Richardson families and we had a lovely time, but it was all too brief given our kids were still at school and I was still at work so we only had 3 nights away. While we had planned to do another trip to the coast in the Christmas holidays, it was not to be due to the coast catching on fire (see below).
Christmas day started with 45 seconds of Christmas present opening before all of the toys were buried in paper; but the kids were very spoiled and loved their gifts. We had lunch at Aunty Jo's house and the kids played outside with their Nerf guns for a bit, but it was extremely hot with no wind to cool things down.
Half of Australia has been on fire for the last 4-6 weeks with unprecedented fire weather conditions. Fires have burnt out over 3.6 million hectares in NSW alone - the scale is difficult to comprehend.
So far the ACT has been largely spared, save for the odd minor grass fire; however, the smoke from the NSW fires has meant we have not been able to run the evaporative cooler in the evenings as the Easterly brings in thick bushfire smoke; it's made for some very hot and sticky nights but at least our family (and house) is safe given the fires are primarily along the South Coast.
Yesterday was one of the worst fire days on the South Coast with areas we holiday at (Batemans Bay, Mogo, Batehaven etc.) being impacted directly by the fires. As I write we are unable to go outside due to the choking smoke - but again, we're safe while many others aren't, so we have comparatively little to complain about.
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| Batemans Bay, NSW (not my photo) |
