My little bit of Sydney is cooler than most of the state as I'm near the harbour, it was 30 at 5pm, & I'm very cool in my place. The folks I was intending to visit 15 miles west reached 39 degrees, & those further west reached 41. Highest temperature in Sydney's west was 42.3 at 3.30pm.

The town near Joybell's place got to 42 around noon & had dropped to 32 at 5pm.

Wollemi National Park declared bushfire emergency

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Houses destroyed as south-east burns

Sydney - Blackouts, bushfires and deaths feared in scorcher

Bushfires threatening homes Central cost, to the north of Sydney, posted about 30min ago

sandra, 5.30pm, Saturday afternoon, almost time to head to freda's for a singing session.