The fire is still out of control and unpredictable south of the Northcliffe townsite and west of Windy Harbour Road.
The fire east of Deeside Coast Road is out of control and unpredictable, has crossed South Western Highway and is burning in a south easterly direction in this area fanned by a north westerly wind.
More than 61,000 hectares have been burnt, with the fire perimeter approximately 220 kilometres long.
The fire behaviour is strong and unpredictable.
Spot fires are starting up to 100 metres ahead of fires.
The fire has reached parts of the coast to the south west.
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jules47 said
01:52 PM Feb 4, 2015
Scary stuff, fires near homes - was in Victoria during the last devastating fires - frightening though we were quite a long way away. Knew several people in Marysville, which got almost completely burnt out, and also in Yea, which luckily was saved, and used as a staging point.
kiwijims said
03:57 PM Feb 4, 2015
This fire is growing by the hour. It's massive and uncontrolled, have a look at the size of it............
BUSHFIRE BEHAVIOUR: The fire is still out of control and unpredictable south of the Northcliffe townsite and west of Windy Harbour Road. The fire east of Deeside Coast Road is out of control and unpredictable, threatening South Western Highway. The fire perimeter is 196 kilometres long and 48,000 hectares have been burnt. The fire behaviour is strong and unpredictable. Winds during the day are expected to be gusty. There are winds from the north this morning. A wind change is expected early afternoon to a west south westerly. Spot fires are starting up to 100 metres ahead of fires.
Windy harbour township is at the bottom lower point of land, only one road in and out of this place.
K.J.
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Gerty Dancer said
05:29 PM Feb 4, 2015
Sh*T! This is sooo scary. Bless those firies all working their hearts out to help those folk.
kiwijims said
07:01 PM Feb 4, 2015
Here's an aerial shot of the fire advancing on Windy Harbour...........
All roads leading to the tiny community have been closed.
Residents have been told it is not safe to leave Windy Harbour and that they should evacuate to the beach and take instructions from caretaker John Old.
Authorities said a worst case scenario could see them evacuated from the area by sea.
People with boats are heading to the area, including Augusta boat owner Steve Hughes, who said it would take three hours to reach Windy Harbour.
K.J.
Gerty Dancer said
07:19 PM Feb 4, 2015
Didn't rate a mention on the TV news from Sydney. They are too busy banging on about politics and car accidents to care what happens in the far distant parts of our country..
kiwijims said
07:32 PM Feb 4, 2015
Gerty Dancer wrote:
Didn't rate a mention on the TV news from Sydney. They are too busy banging on about politics and car accidents to care what happens in the far distant parts of our country..
Probably because no-one has lost their lives as yet, that happening usually gets the blood thirsty media on the job.
Stay tuned here for more reliable updates folks.
K.J.
Bruce and Bev said
11:30 AM Feb 5, 2015
We're grateful that some Victoria fire staff have come over here - good on them!!
It was amazing to watch our local TV news last night and how people just accepted what was happening as "its nature at work", full of praise for the emergency staff and accepting that when they eventually get back to their properties, there may be no house standing
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-04/house-destroyed-northcliffe-windy-harbour-evacuated-bushfire/6068256?section=wa
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-03/wa-bushfires-northcliffe-boddington-conditions-worsen/6064706
UPDATE THUR 05/02/2015
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-05/northcliffe-fire-reaches-edge-of-town/6071272?section=wa
k.j.
-- Edited by kiwijims on Thursday 5th of February 2015 08:46:52 AM
-- Edited by kiwijims on Thursday 5th of February 2015 08:52:35 AM
-- Edited by kiwijims on Thursday 5th of February 2015 10:41:14 AM
This fire is growing by the hour. It's massive and uncontrolled, have a look at the size of it............
BUSHFIRE BEHAVIOUR:
The fire is still out of control and unpredictable south of the Northcliffe townsite and west of Windy Harbour Road.
The fire east of Deeside Coast Road is out of control and unpredictable, threatening South Western Highway.
The fire perimeter is 196 kilometres long and 48,000 hectares have been burnt.
The fire behaviour is strong and unpredictable.
Winds during the day are expected to be gusty.
There are winds from the north this morning. A wind change is expected early afternoon to a west south westerly.
Spot fires are starting up to 100 metres ahead of fires.
Windy harbour township is at the bottom lower point of land, only one road in and out of this place.
K.J.
-- Edited by kiwijims on Wednesday 4th of February 2015 04:03:39 PM
Here's an aerial shot of the fire advancing on Windy Harbour...........
All roads leading to the tiny community have been closed.
Residents have been told it is not safe to leave Windy Harbour and that they should evacuate to the beach and take instructions from caretaker John Old.
Authorities said a worst case scenario could see them evacuated from the area by sea.
People with boats are heading to the area, including Augusta boat owner Steve Hughes, who said it would take three hours to reach Windy Harbour.
K.J.
Didn't rate a mention on the TV news from Sydney.
They are too busy banging on about politics and car accidents to care what happens in the far distant parts of our country..
Probably because no-one has lost their lives as yet, that happening usually gets the blood thirsty media on the job.
Stay tuned here for more reliable updates folks.
K.J.
It was amazing to watch our local TV news last night and how people just accepted what was happening as "its nature at work", full of praise for the emergency staff and accepting that when they eventually get back to their properties, there may be no house standing