thanks for your good wishes, Mary.

Sydney & Melbourne are about 900 kms apart, but we do have some fires to the north of Sydney on the Central coast, about 80 km away & there was a fire in a harbourside National Park about 12 km from my place.

temps will be 33 in my harbourside bit of Sydney, with 43 in Sydney's west, 75ms away - Sydney is a large region. And I'm staying inside again today.

sandra