Sunday, August 27, 2006

The Fire

On our way back to Adelaide at about 7 pm on Saturday we saw a huge fire with an enormous cloud of smoke rising from it in the distance. The road we were on passed quite close to the fire, so we decided to investigate.

It was a gigantic pile of brush, about 80 feet long, 40 feet wide and 3 feet deep, with the flames rising 10 or 15 feet into the air. I could feel the heat from about 50 feet away.

A group of Aussies were partying away near the fire. They had their kids and their lawn chairs, and one of their cars was cranking out classic rock. It looked like a good time.

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