Ha nowhere near. 9 plus hours drive away.

I was in Victoria a while ago on holiday so couldn't answer your PMs. Reasonably busy with pre-vintage at the moment. But waste too much time on the net during lunch or breaks.

Will answer soon.

As for vines, saw a photo of a burned out Yarra Glen vineyard from the air. Just black stumps. Must have had dry grass ground cover in the vineyard to burn like that. Bit of a worry as I have dry grass ground cover now. But I assume that vineyard was surrounded by forest to have been burned off like that.

Sad day for many thousands of people in Victoria. Huge loss of life, houses and property. Huge loss of stock, and wildlife too. Bushfires happen every now and again but this was a bad one. Hopefully most of the fires were naturally started and not deliberately lit. One quite concerning rumour going round as to a possible cause at the moment (ie terrorist links). However firebugs are just as likely if intentionally lit.