Sydney is draped in a massive cloud smoke due to serious bush fires.

[Sir Desmond Glazebrook]

There are fires surrounding the city as well as all along the coast of New South Wales, a distance of 2,137 kilometers. A mate said 'It's like the world is ending."

I have loads of experience with bush fires, but never the like of this.

Apparently some fire were started by humans. As if the climate change isn't enough in Australia, we have lunatics helping it!

[FME erk]

Must be totally smoke covered there as I cant see anything of the blue sky.

It looks to be horrendous on the tv pictures and I just hope there is no loss of human life . . . .

[Jeff]

It was like that here a couple years ago, so smoky I could hardly see the neighbor's house 300 yards away................time to get the camera out, Dale, and get some good air tanker pics, Like Coulson's C 130 and their new 737, and the 214's from McDermott...........