November 5, 2024

VIDEO: Australia's Bushfire Crisis – What's Our Situation?


Many of you have expressed your concern for us and our property due to the devastating fires raging across Australia at the moment. In this video, I give an update on our situation here in South East Queensland.

If you would like to donate here are my recommended organisations:

RED CROSS (this is a Govt “recommended” organisation to donate to, however, I do note the recent controversy of limited funds actually getting to the victims regarding this charity so please do your own research)
https://www.redcross.org.au/campaigns/disaster-relief-and-recovery-donate

WIRES WILDLIFE RESCUE
https://www.wires.org.au

RURAL FIRE BRIGADE QLD
https://www.rfbaq.org/donate-to-rfbaq

NSW RURAL FIRE SERVICE
https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au

CFS FOUNDATION
https://cfsfoundation.org.au
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26 thoughts on “VIDEO: Australia's Bushfire Crisis – What's Our Situation?

  1. G'day Everyone, thanks for your support and concern. Just to reiterate, we are lucky and are not directly under fire threat so let's all spare a thought for those who currently are battling these horrible fires saving property and lives. All the best, Mark

  2. Hi mark to answer your question concerning the fire trail and why the authorities made the flatten area is for the following reasons, 1) in case of fire a tanker can park to the side allowing the road to be clear for passing vehicles. 2) when fighting a fire the tankers can turn around and face out wards so that they can get out, 3) when fighting a fire the tankers are placed so that they can run relay of hose down and along the fire front to each tanker from a major source usually a bulk water tanker 4) drainage when rains come so that the track doesn't get to boggy.5) the authorities can place a water tanker for property protection (your place) and have the vehicle off the main track to allow other water tankers to pass safely. I hope that this anwers your questions in this video. ( I am a fire fighter in nsw with over 30 years experience)

  3. Insurance companies are, largely, just legalized protection rackets. They look to profit off of people's legitimate worries of getting sick or facing a natural disaster or losing a loved one. "Lovely farm you've got there. It'd be a shame if something… happened to it."

    They are the greedy answer to a good safety net and while I don't bear any grudges against the poor folks in the call centers, the companies themselves are absolute parasites, imo. Glad to hear you were doing okay during the fire season, though.

  4. here in US-NC in the sandy coastal areas there are ditches like that too keep water from standing on fields. So it either there to protect the road … or grow mosquitos

  5. Hi Mark, your fires you all have are heart breaking not just for the people but for the animals birds and other critters. It does hurt, we get it with the hurricanes, floods, and fires. My heart goes out to you. Jessie Arkansas. USA

  6. The Kinglake fires were rather close to the outskirts of outer Melbourne. Fire is a real threat and back burning can be very effective at mitigating a monster fire.

  7. Do homeowners insurance policies in Australia cover floods? In the US you have to buy a separate flood policy because floods are not covered under a standard homeowners policy. Interesting to hear about the differences. Completely agree about insurance companies not looking at individual risks and instead just looking at wide areas.

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