Drama .... not!

In hindsight, the roadblock outside Broome turned out to be a bit of a joke. The fire was near enough to town for the boys to get out their toys, that's all! As it turned out, from Broome onwards there were fires most of the time, just as bad as the Broome fire but we simply kept on driving. Not near enough to a police or fire station for all the emergency services to be brought into play.

The smoke was oppressive at times but it was grass burning so even when right at the roadside there was no danger. Some of the burning was part of the Aboriginal custom of burning selected areas to promote new growth (akin to, in the old days of European style agriculture, fields lying fallow every seven years), some attributed to lightning, some to arson.

Smoke

Fire

       

Dying down

                             

Burnt out