Sara Rosetta Photography

Today our home town has been blanketed with smoke from an uncontrollable fire.
Part of the north side of Rockhampton resides on the bottom of a mountain, Mt Archer.
For a couple of days there has been fires burning on the side with warnings going out yesterday.
Today the severity was apparent when you couldn’t see the mountain from the other side of town, you couldn’t breathe properly from the smoke in the air, you could see ash falling every were around you and the sun was glowing red.
Some suburbs are being evacuated and fire crew have been called in from surrounding areas and major cities.
Today we watched fire trucks go past that looked like they were made to drive space crews across the moon. And helicopters carrying huge water dump buckets..
Sirens filled the air for the 3 hours I was in town and head lights had to be turned on because of the thick smoke.
This is the first time that I have been so close to something so horrific that I can remember, and I don’t want to be again.
Lets hope it doesn’t get any worse and that no people are injured or houses lots.

I did manage to grab some photos on my way home.
These pics are straight out of my camera.
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This is our city. Mt Archer is behind all that and should be in plain view. The fires are off to the right.
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This is the view out towards were I live. 5 kms out of town. That is the smoke cloud that stretched out past were we live. The orange is the sun trying to glow behind it.
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Sara.xx

20 more random things that I know you’ve been waiting for.

20. I think there should be more then 8 Ginger Kisses in a pack.
19. I watched part of the movie Gremlins when I was little and I have never been able to look at a toilet the same. Ever. Seriously!
18. I grind my teeth when I’m hungry.
17. If I was stranded on an island the one thing I would wish for is lip gloss.
16. The smell of egg makes me both angry and sick. Its disgusting.
15. I also can’t stand the smell of mince cooking. Even worse… boiling, Egh.
14. I love to read and have more books then I can keep up with.
13. I LOVE pie, dessert pie.
12. I am tone deaf, do not have a decent note in me to save my life. That doesn’t stop me from singing though.
11. I am obsessed with soy and linseed bread.
10. I have lots of freckles on my shoulders, arms and back.
9. I am selfish. Not a very good quality, especially with a child, but I try real hard not to be.
8. I have crazy dreams, almost every night, always have. And I can remember them. Even some still from my childhood.
7. Once I laughed and milk came out my nose. In front of all my friends.
6. My Nan and Pop are the people I look up to.
5. I have a note pad obsession.
4. I have a bad habit of loosing chargers.
3. I always pack more then I need, even if its only over night.
2. I always trip on things or fall over my own feet.
1. I have a stickyfobia. Even putting sunscreen on freaks me out.
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Sara.xx