So this is what a bush fire looks like.
We were busy finishing off a new fence when gary recived a call from his wife saying she could see smoke from the house. We dropped our tools and went to check it out.
One of the piles we had started the day before had sparked away and set alight some dry grass close by. The wind then pushed the fire down the fence line to some trees. Thats where the real damage began as it started to burn all the dead leaves and timber amongst the bush. Luckely the flames didn't get as high as the tree tops.
We ran into the smoke armed with tree branches to stamp out as much as possible and put in fire brakers to stop it spreading to the road. Then Gary rushed to the fire engine. His father followed with the tractor to rake out a better fire brake. Luckely we were able to stop it spreading.
Here are some pictures I took from the following morning (this morning) when it was safer.
