Hi Mark, your thoughts, and the thoughts of others are appreciated.
I think Rikki is reasonably safe where she is, I live in Sydney N/W suburban area which is reasonably safe.
I played golf today and the smoke haze was quite intense, even though the fires are mostly 100 km or more away.
Recently we were concerned with the drought to a point I was getting depressed just listening,watching news reports when there was nothing of significance that I could do to make things any better for the farmers. The loss of breeding stock is horrendous, and will take so long to get back to productive stock numbers.
Now the fires have killed thousands of sheep and cattle, destroyed 1800 homes just in NSW alone, residents and firefighters lost their lives.
Kangaroo island lost 25000 koalas who were free of clamidea (spelling), one third of the island burnt.
It is still very hard to imagine the intensity of these fires, and we can only pray that those affected get some assistance and relief.
It is humbling to see the amount of support being offered from around the rest of the world.
Thanks to all for your concern.

Ray