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Very sad losing that C-130 and it’s brave crew.
Sadly 3 Americans who had come over to help fight the fires lost there lives yesterday.
Thoughts and prayers for there families.

Yeah terrible. We are thankful to the U.S for their support during our devestating fires. Our state politicians are IMHO to blame - they did not act to reduce fuel loads. Some area's where I hunt, its so full of tinder and combustible deadfall, you can't walk through it. Australian bush is unlike the rest of the world, it is HUGELY fire prone - our tree's explode during fires, not just burn. I live in Vic, and our state government reduced financial support to our fire fighters. Our left leaning media however, is blaming our PM, because he is right wing.
 
Very cool.... seems like those trees are very well adapted to fire!

Does the burnoff act like does on the American Prairies and western forests... clean out the old vegetation that supports lower number of animals.... to create young growth that supports larger populations? Not cheering for fires... but seems like Australia evolved... with fire.

Cheers and thanks for posting. Australia is instantly out of the news... new shiny objects. Firebugs to prosecute. So nice to see that all is not doom and gloom in the aftermath!

Sirhr

The rains are starting to flow across the country now thanks to 2 former tropical cyclones off the top end the other week.
For the last 100 or so years typically hazard reduction burns were done during winter to reduce the fuel load to prevent catastrophic summer bush fires.
But over the last 20yrs successive governments have slowly added more red and green tape to the process making it more and more harder to get your burn off permit approved, that and a large majority of local council getting stacked with green members ?
Then they wonder why we get such ferocious fire that destroy everything in their path and prove to be very hard to control or even slow down because of the extremely high level of fuel load that is nice and cured by now just itching to ignite.

Fair enough the odd fire started by lightning, but add to that the 128+ people who have now been charged with arson for starting the fires. Funnily enough a few of us guessed that those freaks in Extinction Rebellion ? would be behind some of them (means to an end to "prove" their point and shit) and turns out that a few of them are included in those charged with arson
 
California and many climates... near a coast are naturally prone to burn.

coastal moisture grows a lot of shrubs... high oil plants - California is a desert covered with scrub brush that needs to burn and release seeds and fertilize the soil




We use to burn every spring about 60 miles from LA

easy - call fire department - pull a permit that gives you a 90 day window

wait for nature to provide a storm. Start the burn pileafter day one.

days of rain keep the burn piles from spreading


know the EPA is involved
EPA needs to inspect what we want to burn
Then the EPA wants and exact burn date 60+ days out.

they might or might not show up to verify nothingwas added to the burn pile

as rain can’t be scheduled, we mulch or landfill all the dead trees and scrub



It’s stupid laws making CA unsafe.
 
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@TheGerman do you think this would work?

Sirhr
 




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So, a couple of kids in the store noticed my buddy wearing an Army logo'd hat. They come to him and ask about if he was in the Army as they just both enlisted on the buddy plan.
My friend tells them his story (9 years in Armor), and encourages them and tells them to start doing lots of push ups and sit ups now to get a start on basic training. They tell him: "our recruiter told us that we would not have to do that because we are gamers...(puts out his hands to mimic using a xbox controller).
I about choked on my soda to keep from lol-ing. Funniest shit I heard all week.
 
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Is Fosters really Australian beer?
Not only is Fosters not a big seller in Australia, but an even more ironic fact from the Fosters farce is that it is not even brewed in Australia, making it not really Australian at all. ...

Have posted previously that I hired a kid from AU years ago that just wanted to see southeastern US in return for enough to cover travel expenses. Had a party for him on arrival and thought we were being cool by having Foster's - he'd never heard of it. Great guy and paid him well.
 
Have posted previously that I hired a kid from AU years ago that just wanted to see southeastern US in return for enough to cover travel expenses. Had a party for him on arrival and thought we were being cool by having Foster's - he'd never heard of it. Great guy and paid him well.
You'll see Fosters advertised, probably the Fosters Bitters in the green can more than the blue can lager yanks are familiar with, so your mate not having heard of it makes me think he's a west coaster, Perth perhaps?
 
Have posted previously that I hired a kid from AU years ago that just wanted to see southeastern US in return for enough to cover travel expenses. Had a party for him on arrival and thought we were being cool by having Foster's - he'd never heard of it. Great guy and paid him well.
I am hoping Barney or mates would do the same for me. I have a girlfriend in Melbourne that I haven't seen for a coons age. She's a Tassie girl and a good one.
 
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To show my bonafides to @barneybdb, I am a rabid Penrith Panthers fan.... the Rabbitohs are up there too.

As an aside, I find it curious that the Penrith Panthers and Carolina Panthers share the same colors....

Used to stay at the Panther's club when we were flying the brass around, Air Force HQ was just up the hill at Glenbrook. Our family are Canberra Raiders supporters.
Always a place to stay with us here in Adelaide if anyone is in the area....
 
Used to stay at the Panther's club when we were flying the brass around, Air Force HQ was just up the hill at Glenbrook. Our family are Canberra Raiders supporters.
Always a place to stay with us here in Adelaide if anyone is in the area....
Yes, I have great memories of the Panthers casino. I stayed at the Holiday Inn there, but didn't get any smarter. We flew in and out of Richmond to resupply Alice Springs.
 
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