Hazard-reduction burns continue apace around the Far South Coast with the Rural Fire Service, National Parks and Forestry Corporation all having extensive fires going.
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The smoky skies from massive burns to the south and west of Narooma have made for some fantastic sunset and even a full moon rise photographs.
Rain forecast for Sunday, 75 per cent chance of 10-15mm, might however delay a large burn for Bodalla.
Southern Eurobodalla group officer Mick Anderson has said the two burns had been “incredibly successful”.
“Last year we only had a couple of days but this year the window of opportunity has been great,” he said.
RFS brigades had been planning a large burn at Gannons Point on the eastern side of Bodalla for Sunday, however the forecast for rain now meant it was “wait and see”.
Mr Anderson said state mitigation crews had still been preparing the area for the local Bodalla RFS crew to start burning when conditions allowed.
The Narooma RFS brigade is also planning a burn at Curt Lane in south Narooma on Saturday morning, weather dependent.
Residents in the Narooma area would have also seen smoke from an extensive hazard reduction burns being undertaken by Forestry Corporation NSW ay Tin Pot west of Narooma that covered 630 hectares.
National Parks meanwhile was also undertaking two big hazard reduction burn on the slopes of Mumbulla Mountain in the Murrah Flora Reserve and Biamanga National Park covering 600 hectares and 280 hectares respectively.
There is an even larger burn further west in Wadbilliga National Park covering 1500 hectares.
Details of planned burns can be found on the NSW Rural Fire Service website www.rfs.nsw.gov.au and can also be tracked on the Fire Near Me app.
The RFS encourages members of the community to be aware of burns initiated around or near them.