 We've now moved into autumn so we've started March and it's interesting to watch how dry it still is across Victoria. Central Victoria, Western Victoria is still as dry as it's been through all of January-February. There's been no rain, no rain of significance which tells us we've got to be careful. The days actually start to get shorter and that means that obviously the fire risk is reduced however we've got to be really careful about what the conditions bring. This week for example we see increased fire danger ratings in some parts of the state on Tuesday and Wednesday due to the fact that there's drier air. Temperatures are up a little bit and the wind increases in speed so we need to be really careful about that and obviously stay tuned the fact we could still have fires that do run and do do damage so there's no doubt about that. It's also interesting to see that we still got the Eskips Land fires burning although they're only burning in some areas and there's been significant work done in the last week about bringing them to somewhat of containment and although it's still large in size the areas of most concern are only in small parts but have potential and for all Victoria everyone knows about the fire that's in the Hazelwood Mine. Still burning we believe we should do it another seven days so certainly by around about the 10th or the 11th of March is the control strategy. We're very careful when we say that though because with weather conditions we could see all of the good work that's been achieved over the last particularly over the last four days could be lost one afternoon if the wind speeds are up and the fire expands and extends in in its area of the burnt area of coal. That fire itself is really interesting in the sense the fire is not seen by the community this all the community sees is smoke it smells and it's obviously got ash that's falling from time to time and those in more you've got to say it's frustrating there's no doubt about that anyone that lives in more it's very frustrating for the sense it's now in its third heading into its fourth week of fire operations. A lot of work's been done around the community volunteer and career staff from multiple organisations you know volunteers reaching across Victoria not only from CFA, Red Cross, Council of Churches it goes on to the organisations that have been supporting not only the response but the the relief moving into recovery and also what they've done with some of the areas to be relocated so that's real critical and we'll keep at it and we'll keep close to the more community because they need that level of support. The other things that happens obviously this week is a long weekend and obviously a lot of recreation a lot of sporting activities a lot of major events across Victoria and that means a lot of people will be on the roads and travel so again the message will be out about travelling the message will be out about campfires it'll be out about people doing the right thing in still very dry conditions but we think fairly mild fire fire conditions over the weekend which we welcome but that doesn't mean a small fire couldn't still start and cause someone some grief and the other one as we move into March is Deppie will reactivate their planned burns program that is small burns that are well planned to put in place to reduce the hazard so it's a hazard reduction program and that will be kicked off only in small fires but certainly focus fires in some parts of Victoria so stay tuned to where Deppie is playing for those and obviously that that's part of their website and part of the notification process so it's still a busy week but we certainly welcome the fact that summer's behind us and we've moved into a new season with autumn in front of us but a very dry autumn