Smoke of a distant fire.

When is a fog not a fog?

When it is smoke. This is the fallout from the bushfires that have been raging around Victoria.

We had some reasonable rain yesterday which helped with some of the fires, but there are still a couple threatening some communities. Now this has drifted across the city. With the warmth and humidity in the air, and very little breeze, it looks like it might be hanging around for a while.

There is almost a palpable weight to it. Eyes are itchy, skin feels tacky. It's also bad news for people like S, my partner, who have asthma.

While on the subject, a big thank you and well done to all the firefighters who have put in so much over the last week or so. You folk are truly heroes.