New Norfolk, Tasmania
Following on from the fires we read about on the way to MONA, an unprecedented statewide total fire ban has been declared for the next 4 days (until the end of the Australia Day long weekend). According to the Mercury (Tassie's paper), some burnt out areas in northern Tasmania are "a sea of blackened trees and smoking logs fire service officers believe may smoulder and smoke until April." April!! That's more than 2 months away, and apparently that's n...