...thanks Sly... I live in South Windsor which is not too far away from all of those fires... there's been ash settling onto our house and car all day... so hazy here too... a couple of weeks ago there was a bushfire about 1 or 2 kilometres away from my house... I believe that there was one house lost from it... not too good in this area at all at the moment... I feel so sorry for those that have lost their lives and others that have lost everything that they own... thanks for the wishes... cheers.