I am visiting family in Perth at the moment. There have been a few fires over here, too, but nothing serious. We had a little smoke and ash one day from a small fire further south, which was soon put out. My daughter’s house was threatened by a fire, some years ago. It reached the edge of her suburb, but was put out by the amazingly brave firefighters - most of whom are unpaid volunteers.
On Monday I am flying over to Sydney for ten days, to visit my son and DIL. They don’t have any fires near, but some days the air quality hasn’t been too good.
I am looking forward to seeing them, after two years, but am a bit nervous that there may be problems caused by the fires. However, seeing the appalling situation that others are in puts it into perspective. So many people and animals have been killed or injured, and homes destroyed. I hope that some rain falls soon, and that those of you with family in the area find that they are all safe.