Yesterday Michael picked up something black in the backyard and said ‘Look - a burnt leaf!’ It was black, and it was a leaf, but it looked to me like maybe it was from something with naturally dark foliage, so I said to him no, I don't think it’s from the bushfire. On Friday the wind was blowing from the further fires inland, and they are 70km away, so I didn’t really believe it could be from there.
Then last night I went for a run around the soccer ground, and in that big open area with short grass, it was easy to see that in fact there were scorched leaves and bits of bark everywhere, that must have travelled from the Lake Repulse fire on Friday.
So I apologised to Michael and we agreed we should keep these leaves in a little jar and label them
4 Jan 2013, Hottest Day in Hobart Ever.
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| As of Jan 8 this is our collection. Amazingly, tomorrow is going to be 16° max with snow above 700m! |
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