Yesterday I tried to post this:
Can still take time to make contact. H up on roof filling gutters. Nothing to be seen from there but the fire keeps jumping containment lines. Just taped the windows, filled buckets, put on wool clothing. For anyone with a map, the front has crossed the highway to Hamilton at Dunkeld. We are in a direct line South from there. Wind is strong, blowing the front towards us. Still have power but don't know how long that will last. If that goes so does our water. Needs a pump. Got my trusty mop and buckets. It's worked before for others. Hose the house they say! Ha! ha! Feeling slightly mad. Seems unreal. Cheers, Joy
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Then the wind changed. We got some rain. (how did you do it SINSULL?)Not much and it didn't help the fire fighters North of us much but it stopped the advance in our direction. Today it's quite still and should be much cooler. I'll try to reach our friend with the shelter.

Thanks Janie. That's another of the wildlife carers I know slightly. Wonderful lady. I was worried about how she was going too. She's quite a way from us in the middle of a different fire. What she says about the wildlife around her pretty much covers the situation here. Our mountain range is more rugged and was home to so many animals, birds and plants. Many are rare and endangered. Of course the suffering is the same whether you're rare or common. Our special problem is that because our mountains are like an island, in a sea of grazing land, there will be nowhere for animals and birds to come from to re-colonize them. The area is unique in that it's a granite and sandstone outcrop with unique flora and fauna. It ranges from swampland to rocky alpine peaks. The whole range is burning. Like a bomb went off right in the middle and spread outwards. Never been so wide-spread before. It's never going to be so species-rich again.
Good news is I think we are out of danger. Our lucky birds are singing happily.
Thank you so much for your thoughts and concern. It really helped to check in here and talk. Cheers, Joy