Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Some Photos from our friends farm

This is lucy at their back fence looking out over the burnt land -that is normally full of cows. To top of the photo are vineyards - one section that was diseased was burnt out - but the green ones remained.

The grandparents lived in the ruins of this home - which is maybe 300 metres from their place down the road. Their grandfather was safe standing on a green patch of grass in the front yard. The left of the photo shows the remains of the chimney

Of course what do all good aussie kids want to do - even in a terrible time - play cricket!! They were so excited that they could play cricket in the paddock - cos there were no cattle there at the moment - they lost all their fencing in the fires. Mind you they were all black when we got home!!


This shos how close the fire came - its not showing in this photo - but their house is right at the left of the photo.



This is their farm car - all the fencing just around the house was still smoldering even when we went their last monday.
The kids teacher from Buxton was back at school today - we were so glad to see her. People are kinda starting to relax - but the fires are still outside Healesville - so many families are still on edge.


2 comments:

AMY FLEMING said...

HI FEE!!! gOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU!!! i HAVENT HEARD MUCH ON THE NEWS HERE ABOUT THE FIRES YOU KNOW WHAT THE MEDIA IS LIKE ON TO THE NEXT STORY! BRILLANT PHOTOS BY THE WAY!! GOSH SO MUCH DAMAGE!!HOPE ALL IS WELL MUST CHAT SOON
AIMS

Winter said...

I've been praying for God's protection over everyone over there! I pray all is well with your family!

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