It's been an interesting few days

First, on Thursday, we had the Monivae bus crash, where a young driver did a U-turn in front of a bus full of Yr 7 students on their way to camp. The driver was seriously injured and flown to Melbourne but luckily, mostly thanks to the excellent defensive driving of Bob, the bus driver, none of the students were hurt. Police have praised him with actually keeping the bus upright.

Because the garage tank was empty, and that's what's connected to the taps in the yard, we bought 10,000 litres of water which was pumped into the tank on Thursday. It was very fortuitous, as it happens.

Next came Black Saturday with the fires. Hot as Hades and windy, it was a disaster waiting to happen. One man received 50% burns to his body whilst trying to help neighbours save their stock. Apparently the wind changed suddenly and he got trapped. No further news on how he's progressing.

Sunday was a quiet day, with much attention being paid to the news and the increasing death toll in north eastern Victorian. It started at about 25 confirmed dead but has quickly risen to over 170!

Yesterday (Monday), I spent the day in trackies, uggies and a jumper! It was cold! Two days after a heatwave, it was freezing! Of course, the pump in the grey water system decided to pack it in, so we had to get the plumber out, yet again. It'll take a few days to fix, so until then the toilet is being filled by lovely drinkable rainwater!!

This morning, taking the dogs for their morning ablutions, I witnessed a beautiful "moon set", just before the sun rose for the day.