I'm back

Some of you may know Victoria is currently in the grip of a bushfire crisis.

As part of my volunteer firefighter duties I have spent the past 3 days in a small, Gippsland town called Briagolong.

While in Briagolong I was tasked to Strike Team 0805. A group of six, four wheel drive vehicles made up of a Nissan Patrol "Strike Team leader" and 5 Landcruiser ute type appliances. The Landrcruisers had small 'bolt on, bolt off' water tanks and pumps and are therefore called "Slip-ons". We were involved in containment line building and backburning.

A picture tells 1000 words so without boring you further with all the dirty, dusty details I will post some pics taken from the trip.

Sleeping accomdations at "Camp Krusty". Briagolong Staging Area.

A healthy breakfast (NOT!).

7am briefing.

My crew partner Micheal, dousing out a hotspot.

Filling the water tanks.

My appliance Upper Beaconsfield Slip-on.

Starting a backburn.

Dusty roads.

The author having fun.

Where is the shower?

After eating like a pig while away and the lack of running leading up to this weekend I have been feeling very bloated and FAT. I have avoided the scales for the last couple of weeks as I didn't really want to know how bad the damage was. So it was with great treperdation that I weighed myself this morning. A little shocked the scales hit 99 kilos! It was time for a run.

To start the path of rediscovery my dog Oscar and I set out for a 5km loop around the local area. We completed the 5.1km distance in 0:24:52 and both of us were very puffed.

Further Motionbased details can be found here.