Welcome to the Big Smoke

Melbourne has been under a [very low] cloud of smoke the last couple to days. Couldn't smell anything yesterday but today it quite noticable, and you would swear that the fires were local instead of in the country. It is like a thick fog, except that the sky is faintly orange. Apparently several of the fire fronts have now joined together, and todays temp (37C) is not going to help matters. Quite scary, especially considering that we are less than 2 weeks into summer! A great welcome to our *ahem* fair city for the boy's family, who among other things were planning on taking a trip up to the SkyHigh observation point in the Dandeenongs. Not much point now. On a fair day the view from up there is stunning, but it would just be a layer of white now, possibly with grey and red bits in the distance.