[Rob_K]

Hope these shots might be of interest. The high plume of smoke is the new Tawonga Gap fire which started near Bright yesterday (10 Dec). This shot (taken by my partner, not me, dang it!) is from our back yard in Bright, about 6km from the fire, showing the fire exploding like an atomic bomb. At the time, I was at our son's place which is to the right of the big plume, helping him out. Looking up at this massive and rapidly expanding column rising thousands of feet into the air over us was very scary!!! Luckily for us, winds drove the fire due east (northwards of his place).

The others were taken last week (5 Dec) from my front yard as smoke from the Ovens fire complex streamed over Bright. Some awesome 'pastel' colours in the first.

It's going to be a long summer...... (sorry about all our smoke!!!)

Cheers -