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The bush fires that have been raging in Victoria, Australia for several days are threatening Mt Buller ski resort. On Tuesday, residents in the resort were advised to leave by the local fire authorities, police and Resort management, as fires approached from the north and east. They were told to get out while the Mt Buller Tourist Road was still open. Now, it has been announced that the road is closing at midday today (Thursday), because the risks have increased. ...The wind has changed direction and an increasing number of fires have joined together. The fires are apparently Victoria's worst bushfire threat since Ash Wednesday in 1983.
See:
www.mtbuller.com.au
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20883685-661,00.html
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I stayed up around Buller last November, It's a lovely area, so wild and untouched, hopefully they can control the fires.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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The state of Victoria has their worst drought in 60 years, so fields that usually stay green all summer have already turned brown. As well as a couple of ski resorts, some isolated hillbilly towns like Woods Point and Dargo are also in danger.
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Bogong, they are not all hillbillys down there, there are lots of retired professionals from Melbourne living up that way. I heard the drought has been so bad they were shooting sheep as there was no fod for them.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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The forest fires in Australia's south-east corner have razed a ski lodge in Victoria's alpine country today - the Mount Buffalo lodge.
Parks Victoria chief executive Mark Stones said the Lodge was the latest loss in a fire that has burned out 280,000 hectares in the past two weeks and which has a fire front of 250 kilometres.
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