It is about the 'greens' who want everything to be as it was when white man first arrived in this country.

Surely they should be out rallying against putting these fires out, particularly those lit by lightning.

Is not this the way it was???

The lightning strike starts the fire.

The fire burns until it rains or it runs out of things to burn.

I am not into let everything burn.

Of course, attempt to save houses, sheds businesses etc.

One of the most stupid comments I hear, usually from news readers, is 10,000 hectare were destroyed, when really it should be 10,000 hectares have been giving the chance of rebirth.

This is the way the Australian bush rejuvenates.

As stated definitely not knocking the brave firefighters.

Some of the things they told me have stuck in my mind for many years and somehow time has proved to me that they knew what they were talking about when talking about the bush.

One old man said over and over"The bush has two main friends, rain and fire". He explained to me that in the winter they used to slow burn off a section of the bush and that over five winters the whole bush would be burnt and there were never any mad fires like there are today.

The slow burn enabled the wild life to scamper to the unburnt areas and the burnt area would regenerate.

Fresh green grass would come on the burnt off areas and kangaroos would come to eat there and this was the main source of food for the people.

We realise now that their management of the bush kept it vibrant for thousands of years and we have come in and with our no burn policy and the fires started by lightning in the height of summer have deteriorated the bush since the white man took over.