This has been a busy week for volunteer firies in the Darwin rural area. Wildfires with major back-burns in the Acacia Hills and smaller wildfires all over the place. Weather conditions - hot and dry with winds becoming strong and gusty as the week progresses. These photos show a home saved by volunteers. Not so lucky were a couple of kids who hid their bikes in the long grass on the western boundary of the fire. While potential thieves couldn't see them, neither could fire fighters and they weren't found until after the fire was out and being mopped up. They were removed before I could take a photo. One of life's cruel lessons.  |   |