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bushfires in Victoria, Australia - Fund raising?

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bushfires in Victoria, Australia - Fund raising?

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please tell me to "go jump" if my question under is inappropriate and out of line, but would it be possible for Sexyloops to auction off some flyfishing gear with proceeds going to the bushfire victims in Victoria Australia please?

without sounding patronising or an idiot, I was caught in the path of the fire at Kinglake with no escape and am now thanking God (not usually religious) that I am still alive.

this was the most horrendous experience. I have never felt so close to death. We (good friend, Blair Scott, and myself) were so close to death we decided to video our 'last will and testament'. we now realise how stupid that was. On reflection, this irrational thinking is an indication of how close to death we were at the time.

we both, miraculously, survived thanks to a neighbour who came to our rescue. After staying awake until daybreak, we needed to get out of the area. But we had to cut our way out along a dirt road approx 8 kms long and then down one of the main roads which in all took us 4.5 hours. We did not see any emergency service until approx 500 metres from the outskirts of St Andrews. Whilst cutting ourselves a path to safety, we saw dead bodies on the side of the road and were constantly fearful that burning trees beside the roads would fall on us.

my sincere apologies for sounding so dramatic but I would encourage anyone who ventures to fish in a rural area that is dry and expecting high temperatures on a day to either cancel plans or have a bloddy good escape route.

once again apologies for this post.

kind regards Glenda
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Im happy to donate a 2 hr casting lesson performed here in Queenstown!
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Chris Dore wrote:Im happy to donate a 2 hr casting lesson performed here in Queenstown!
And I challenge the rest of the FFF NZ Casting Crew to do the same in their hometowns!
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I will donate the usual box of Roy Christie's flies if this gets going.
That sounds scary stuff, Glenda.
I hope the situation gets controlled without further major loss, serious already.

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I have a $100 for Roy's flies. And I'll offer the same deal as Chris for casting instuction. Rich
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Cheers Rich!!
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There's a lot of money coming in here in Oz - it's already many millions of dollars and KRuddy (our PM) is leaking money at the moment like an english motorcycle leaks oil.

There's also a very large concert next month with lots of big acts already signed up - it's going to be huge.

The generosity is amazing - our branch of GM (Holden) for example is donating 300 cars and around $150,000 - not bad given their own financial situation.
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We have been seeing it all unfold here in the UK on the news , I really hope they catch the twats who started the fires , they should be hung.
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Hanging's too good Mark, burning's better, remember the movie "Wickerman" with Edward Woodward.......

That's a harrowing tale Glenda, glad to hear you and your friends got out OK.

Money raised here by the various charities is climbing rapidly and has neared $100 million.

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They have arrested a guy today for one of the fires that killed 21 people - he also was charged with possession of child pornography.

Hanging is too good for a dick like that - I could think of a hundred, slower and more humiliating deaths and that's just for the child porno.. :;):
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That's terrible Glenda, how on Earth did you manage to get yourself into that situation? Are you related to Ronan by any chance?

I'm pleased you're well. Hopefully we can raise a few $$!

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thefly wrote:We have been seeing it all unfold here in the UK on the news , I really hope they catch the twats who started the fires , they should be hung.

They have one guy in custody. I can't help thinking he might be Australias Lee Harvey Oswald. There's a lot of pressure on the police to make someone culpable for this..

Would be interesting to hear what the evidence is against him.

I heard on the news that it could have been sparks from a chainsaw that started one of the fires.
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Lee there's no doubt some of the fires started naturally (lightning for example) - I believe the guy who started a fire with sparks from a chainsaw has also been arrested. They usually have a pretty good idea of who the fire bugs in an area are and often keep a close eye on them when this kind of weather condition begins to form. Its been shown in the past that firebugs are even guys who are volunteer firefighters, these are people who really get their jollies from this situation. I noted that one of the fire fighters had been found dead in his home (which was partly burned but not in a bushfire burned area) in suspicious circumstances. One of the worst firebugs in my area was caught a few years ago and he was a most enthusiastic volunteer in one of the local fire crews. They have done a lot of profile work on these guys and I would be very surprised if the guy arrested wasn't on a watch list.

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Post by Marc LaMouche »

what better way to get close to the thing you love ?...

we're all fascinated by fire, staring at it for hours at a camp site etc.

my belief if that what differentiates them from us who don't start fires is that the firebugs develop a visceral addiction to it and will oversee or abstract the damage to the living, nature and dwellings. they get high off the power and beauty of it. i would guess that they feel controlled by the fire and probably think that the fire told them what to do.

we've had several cases of this in our group in the past years.
it's basically impossible to know beforehand if an other person is one or not until they are actually caught.
i do voluntary lumber-jacking (opening firewalls and such) in my area for the summer fires.

Glenda, i'm super-super happy you and your friend came out of this alright. :)

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Post by Glenda »

hi again. thanks to all. it is amazing how I have personally reacted to almost dying. am having a great deal of trouble sleeping through the night.

Blair and I are the best of friends and fishing buddies. His property was in the path of the fire near Kinglake. All the properties in Ninks Road were destroyed except for three or four. We are not stupid people and were listening to the ABC radio for fire reports. However the fire was so quick no one had any time to escape. I am going to Church tomorrow to thank God - apologies for the religious statement but when you are in a house with a fire-front hitting you for 30mins or more, you pray to God - verbally and with all your heart.

I know I will be grateful for having survived one day but at this point in time, I am still traumatised (according to a counsellor - I work for Ambulance Victoria and the peer support offered to me has been fabulous). Just need to realise how lucky we both were and move on and enjoy life.

tell you what. I am not going to put up with crap anymore and intend to do exactly what I want to do. bugger my family and bugger the money.

X Glenda

ps apologies for the ramblings above - am currently rejoicing in life with a few turkeys.
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