Black Saturday

On Saturday, 7 February we went down to Mornington Peninsula. The weather was blistering reaching a high of 118 degrees and the wind was strong. We enjoyed the morning in Sorrento and swam in the water, ate our Nutella sandwiches for lunch and enjoyed playing in the sand. We then went over to London Bridge and John, Paul, Sharon and Colin went snorkeling in the tide pools because of the low tide. The girls, Jared and I went down to the sand, but immediately changed our minds and escaped the heat in the air conditioned van.

On the way home we got our first sight of one of the many wildfires that were prevalent throughout the area. It was such a sad day for the people of Victoria. On every news station we heard that conditions were ripe for wildfires and it proved to be a terrible truth. The smoke and ash continued to plague the area throughout the entire month of February and into the first part of March.