Thanks for asking, Lash
I live in Melbourne, south of margo in Sydney & east of dlowan in Adelaide. While Canberra & the areas around Sydney have copped the worst of it till now, there have been pretty awful fires in the country areas of my state (Victoria) over the weekend. They are not under control yet & tomorrow looks like being worse.
Today all of Melbourne was engulfed with thick, smelly smoke for most of the day. Very oppressive, combined with a maximum temperature of 37 C.
This morning all I had the energy to do was to grab all 3 (very zonked)cats & bring them inside where it was cooler & less smokey, leave a couple of buckets of water out for the birds & then just sit it out till the cool change. What a day. What a Summer!