If you can't stand the heat...

I've been quiet on the blogging front, but somewhat busy in the shed.

My road frame is brazed up, bar the wishbone seatstays. I need to have a long think about the order in which I do things from here on in lest I end up melting existing brazes.

I've been working on a fork bender, shaped from a monolithic lump of redgum. No pix for now, but soon to follow.

Today is Australia Day - our national holiday. Think 4th of July for Aussies. Heather, Rufus and I abandoned our country retreat for the day and headed into Footscray. In addition to being Australia day it was also the Chinese Lunar New Year - the Tet festival. So we spent Oz day in a Buddhist vegetarian restaurant, watching Vietnamese dragon dancers scare away evil spirits with fireworks. This is a great country sometimes.

No so great is that this coming week is predicted to be the hottest week in a hundred years. Four consecutive days over 40 degrees (104F+) Given we live in the middle of 1/4 million acres of eucalypt forest - and no, I'm not making that up - and given that we are in the height of the bushfire season, I'm getting a little nervous.