Great news Shakari,there are so many willing to donate and it will all help.

We are still under threat here from the fires in the range,it has burnt out 100,000 hectares (2.2 acres per hec) and is continually breaking containment lines.Smoke and constant ash falling is a reminder of what is "over the hill" we cannot see from our highest hills due to low vis.

On another sad note there are quite a few members of the hound hunting fraternity here that have lost all of their hounds in these fires and some of these fellas have lost theeir houses too,nothing of course compared to losing loved ones but none the less some of those faithful hounds were almost family.

JH the vineyards in the YV that went under were burnt due to the incredible heat from these fires,the fkn earth burnt mate,almost.

It wouldnt have mattered if under vine weeding was a bare earth policy or not on that black day.