Jump to content
SAU Community

Damn Hot Huh?

GTR-N1

By GTR-N1,
in Tasmania

 Share

Recommended Posts

Mr. Untouchable Experienced

Mr. Untouchable

Posted
Posted

had ash the size of 50 cent coins landing on us at the beach 50 kays away, spot fires are gonna be a bugger, and the rainy state has turned on another 30 odd degree day with zero chance of rain! typical.

banjo's were feeding the many crews and supplying them with drinks etc, not a fan of banjo's but mighty good of them to supply hundreds of fire crews with free food.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/417046-damn-hot-huh/#findComment-6691992
Share on other sites
GTR-N1 Grand Master

GTR-N1

Posted
  • Author
Posted

* Disaster conflagrations kill people

* Disaster conflagrations kill off huge numbers of fauna.

* Grid-like controlled burn offs give people & fauna a fighting chance.

* Anyone - Greens included - who is a radical activist against controlled burn offs is guilty of reprehensible idiocy!!!

* Especially when feral cats can traverse tracts of land so much faster than echidnas, devils, koalas, wombats and goannas.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/417046-damn-hot-huh/#findComment-6692639
Share on other sites
JZP Proficient

JZP

Posted
Posted

Being from Kinglake myself, I'm amazed to hear that the greenies may be wanting to put the brakes on minimizing fuel.

So here we go again, Tassie is reminding us of how inadequately we are all prepared. This brings back some raw emotions.

An area near me that was back-burnt around a year before was untouched during black Saturday. Everything around it was torched. That should be enough evidence to get the ball rolling, but no - it ain't happening. There's more undergrowth now than ever. The government is behind schedule on back burning. I personally haven't seen a thing at all.

Crazy thing is the CFA members used back burning as training. Hell, the farmers even paid them to do it with a donation and a BBQ. Real life fire fighting skills are diminishing and things don't seem to be improving (in my opinion).

Volunteers told me that there's wasn't enough equipment to go around, and backburning was not done due to oh&s considerations - like the fire trails were overgrown - You can only surmise why that happened.

It seems the gaps in our services capability are huge. Hopefully this isn't the same situation in Tassie.

Here's to hoping the Tassie situation ends quickly.

/rant over

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/417046-damn-hot-huh/#findComment-6692850
Share on other sites
JZP Proficient

JZP

Posted
Posted

So I watched the news tonight. It seems that the post-bushfire process is still the same.

Media are allowed on people's properties to demonstrate the 'devastation' and the 'tragedy', but the owners are not allowed on the same properties for their safety.

Those that stayed to fight/protect are not allowed to leave to get supplies, fuel, water, as they will not be allowed to re-enter. So, it's survival of the fittest.

This feels the same. Poor buggers.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/417046-damn-hot-huh/#findComment-6693511
Share on other sites
JZP Proficient

JZP

Posted
Posted

A lot of boat owners in Hobart are taking supplies in to the people that stayed to defend their property.

That's a good idea. We had to chopper in supplies. Mostly water and fuel to keep generators going. The other things some people were hanging for was cigarettes and coffee!

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/417046-damn-hot-huh/#findComment-6694772
Share on other sites
trustr32 Rising Star

trustr32

Posted
Posted

what's the latest update guys? :(

We've got 5 major fires that are still pretty big and 40+ smaller fires around the state. Almost every brigade around the state has been sending crews out to the major fires over the last few days and nights and will be for many more yet. I went out yesterday to the Forcett fire on the Tasman Penninsula and I'm going again Wednesday and all I can say is man its a sad sight. We had a de-brief at Dodges Ferry and then headed out to Murdunna and for 40kms it's just black both sides of the road as far as you can see. We then had to head down to Taranna that arvo which is just shy of Port Arthur and same thing just absolute devastation.

It's very suprising and greatly relieving that there hasn't been countless lives lost especially at this time of the year with it being right over the holiday period and the area's being tourist and holiday hotspots but when you drive through and see just how much area this has burnt it's quite amazing that hopefully no one has been killed.

And just a big thanks to all the firefighters, volunteers and the community for their efforts because without them so much more would have been lost.

If you want more info go to the TFS Website- http://www.fire.tas.gov.au/Show?pageId=colCurrentBushfires

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/417046-damn-hot-huh/#findComment-6695087
Share on other sites
zoidbergmerc Mentor

zoidbergmerc

Posted
Posted

I'm working down here at the Historic Site and I've been helping the SES little too.

Situation is starting to look up really.

Roads are in such a condition that we can have escorted convoys to get the tourists out in their own vehicles and supplies in on trucks.

We've had a few boats come in and deliver supplies which has been really helpful, things would be a lot worse if it wasn't for those guys. Sea's aren't very nice at the moment so this has stopped, but the trucks are still coming in.

Power is off and will be for another week or so I reckon. No big deal for me personally though, I'm pretty well setup, got a petrol powered pump and I can charge my phone in my car.

Got lots of supplies here at the SES and a pretty good amount of man power.

If you want to help, cash donations to the salvos or Red cross is the easiest and best way to do it. And another really good way to help is to plan your next holiday down here for next summer and drop heaps of cash back into the local businesses, while they can write a lot of the losses off on insurance, it's still hurting them a lot.

Speaking of hurt, one of the local supermarket owners was just blatantly ripping off the locals, charging like $5 for a paper and $60 for a pack of smokes, triple price on fruit and veg, shit like that, someone went down and touched him up last night though, needless to say; prices are now back to RRP.

Thats about it from down here really!

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/417046-damn-hot-huh/#findComment-6696358
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Latest Posts

    • brillo
      Leak from Tokico BM50 Brake Master Cylinder

      By brillo · Posted

      Hi, SteveL Thank you very much for your reply, you seem to be the only person on the net who has come up with a definitive answer for which I am grateful. The "Leak" was more by way of wet bubbles when the pedal was depressed hard by a buddy while trying to gey a decent pedal when bleeding the system having fitted the rebuilt BM50 back in the car, which now makes perfect sense. A bit of a shame having just rebuilt my BM50, I did not touch the proportioning valve side of things, the BM50 was leaking from the primary piston seal and fluid was running down the the Brake booster hence the need to rebuild, I had never noticed any fluid leaking from that hole previously it only started when I refitted it to the car. The brake lines in the photo are "Kunifer" which is a Copper/Nickel alloy brake pipe, but are only the ones I use to bench bleed Master cylinders, they are perfectly legal to use on vehicles here in the UK, however the lines on the car are PVF coated steel. Thanks again for clearing this up for me, a purchase of a new BMC appears to be on the cards, I have been looking at various options in case my BM50 was not repairable and have looked at the HFM BM57 which I understand is manufactured in Australia.  
    • Gantai
      R33 GTST Steering Rack (49001-19U05) Rebuild?

      By Gantai · Posted

      PXL_20250828_063541093.TS.mp4
    • Gantai
      R33 GTST Steering Rack (49001-19U05) Rebuild?

      By Gantai · Posted

      Well the install is officially done. Filled with fluid and bled it today, but didn't get a chance to take it on a test drive. I'll throw some final pics of the lines and whatnot but you can definitely install a DMAX rack in an R33 with pretty minor mods. I think the only other thing I had to do that isn't documented here is grind a bit of the larger banjo fitting to get it to clear since the banjos are grouped much tighter on the DMAX rack. Also the dust boots from a R33 do not fit either fyi, so if you end up doing this install for whatever reason you'll need to grab those too. One caveat with buying the S15 dust boots however is that the clamps are too small to fit on the R33 inner tie rod since they're much thicker so keep the old clamps around. The boots also twist a bit when adjusting toe but it's not a big deal. No issues or leaks so far, steering feels good and it looks like there's a bit more lock now than I had before. Getting an alignment on Saturday so I'll see how it feels then but seems like it'll be good to go       
    • PranK
      R35 GT-R production ends after 18 years

      By PranK · Posted

    • SteveL
      Leak from Tokico BM50 Brake Master Cylinder

      By SteveL · Posted

      I don't get in here much anymore but I can help you with this.   The hole is a vent (air relief) for the brake proportioning valve, which is built into the master cylinder.    The bad news is that if brake fluid is leaking from that hole then it's getting past the proportioning valve seals.   The really bad news is that no spare parts are available for the proportioning valve either from Nissan or after market.     It's a bit of a PITA getting the proportioning valve out of the master cylinder body anyway but, fortunately, leaks from that area are rare in my experience. BTW, if those are copper (as such) brake lines you should get rid of them.    Bundy (steel) tube is a far better choice (and legal  in Australia - if that's where you are).
×
×
  • Create New...