We're OK down here but there are still some horrific fires in the rest of the country. We were planning on heading up to the Warrumbungles at Easter & the fire up there has changed that plan The fire is burning over 40,000 hectares with a fire front of 100Km. & at last count 33 houses destroyed plus farm sheds & livestock. A couple of years ago it was flood & now this disaster. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/it-came-up-so-quick-and-was-phenomenal-the-moment-mark-will-never-forget-20130114-2cp34.html
We're heading over your way in march/April to a place called coolum, just north of Brisbane . Will be travelling all around there and south a bit, hopefully the devastation won't have travelled that far north