It's interesting that so far neither one has posting anything about them.

it's mainly NSW and southern Queensland, with some smaller fires in W.A. Summer has only just begun, and Christmas through to end of January is the real bushfire season. A lot of the fires are to do with dry conditions from drought, plus deforestation in those two states. S.A. also has drought conditions, and I did hear of some fires breaking out in the Barossa today, so I think there may be worse to come.

Where do your friends live?

It will probably be a while before I hear from them, and I hope I remember to post in this thread when I do.

Sydney itself isn't on fire, but they've come within about two hours' drive from Sydney. We see the haze and smell the smoke. There's no way of escaping it anywhere.

We do get Sydney fires, especially northern Sydney, where we live. But they generally start later in the summer.

Weirdest Sydney summer I've ever known.

And what's sad is, so many of us just don't feel like Christmas - our tree isn't decorated yet, and we're not alone. it feels all wrong.

That is almost 117f

Indigenous people may become the world's first climate reugees.

But Scumo doesn't care - God will fix it. If he wants to.

been abandoned because of sea-level rise. So climate refugees are already happening.

Others are determined to stay and hope they can find a way of surviving the sea rise,but I don't know how realistic that is.

They choose either Australia or New Zealand as their new home. Don't know how much luck they'll have in Australia, because this is a government that hates refugees, especially if the skin isn't white. But New Zealand is always hospitable, so I imagine that's where most will head for.