I'm in a little town called Foster on the south-east coast of Victoria at the moment.

For some odd reason the Internet I'm using, mobile broadband, is going from nothing to 50MB/s and back to nothing in varying time periods.

First-world problems I know.

It will make it hard to get an email out today but I'll do what I can.

We have had a very interesting trip so far, we've been to Lakes Entrance and did some touring around through the fire zone.

The bush is already regenerating, most of it anyway.

I was surprised to see tree ferns surviving, they usually like a very moist and shaded area to grow in.

The yakkas, also known as grass trees, love fire, they need it for propogation as the head cracks the seed shell so they are nearly jumping up and down.

The fires must have been intense, there were a number of road signs that were melted or just had the metal sofened enough that they changed shape.

These are made of Aluminium (Aluminum) which melts at around 660 degrees C (1220 degrees F).

I'd like to come back in a couple of years to see the changes.

How the firefighters managed to fight this I have no idea, the roads are narrow and windy, the sides are steep.

These are courageous people to be sure.

We met some young men from the USA who had come over the help out, they are now helping rebuild fences so the farmers can keep what stock they have left off the roads.

Volunteers are the lifeblood of any community, particularly in a country like Australia where the population is often sparse and there are few to no official services available within a reasonable distance.

Most of those thousands of firefighters, ambulance crews etc. who were involved in fighting these recent fires are volunteers.

The rest of the community cannot thank them enough and yet they don't do it for the thanks, they do it because they want to.

Regards,

Brent.

P.S. On the Internet there are also volunteers who do their best to help you with anything they can.

You'll find them in groups and on forums.

Mostly they give out help for free, sometimes they require a payment for more dedicted help and that's OK as generally the help they provide then can be classified as professional help and professionals should be paid.

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Here's the kicker though, the only people allowed to promote it initially are members of his Traffic Domination FB group and he is providing the training you need to be able to promote this successfully within that group.

The training has some nuggets that I had never heard of before so well worth being in the group just for that.

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