[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

The smoke is atrocious even right up here!!!!

All day we have only had 500m visibility, but that has now become about 1k due to a rise in wind speed, and it stinks as usual. The kids have had to stay inside all day but I had to work in it. Very hard to breath with the heat and the smoke. I reckon the Firefighters are heroes having to be in the front lines, and they can't just go inside and have a rest!!!!!