G'day again,

I have just got through to Richard Evans, concertina creator and resuscitator ... and he & Eva are back at Bell ... since everything risky has already been burnt. Their only loss was one broody goose ... who abandoned her clutch of eggs after ... being buzzed and water-bombed ... and has not been seen since!

The concertinas are all moved to safe and fire-protected storage and the Bush Fire Brigade is only a long stone's throw along either their front ... or back ... roads!

I'm feeling a bit calmer now - Bell is a little dot of mountain township ... but I have lots of musical friends and contacts within a full-throated cooee of the little township!

Regard(les)s

BobB