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Location: Sydney, Australia
Hi...I'm Cat, living in Australia and loving twirling...
Just wondering whether any fellow law-abiding Australians can help in regards to the recent total fire bans in Sydney and the restrictions/regulations/fire permits???
Or...if you want to just say hi back, that would be appreciated too! Ta muchly!
Cat
I wish I were a glow worm, a glow worm would be fun,
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Welcome to HoP!
Can't help with the info, but there's bound to be someone along soon. Have you been out to Glebe?
Cheers!
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Location: Sydney, Australia
hehe...yeah, I have been to Glebe - that's actually where I found my first staff...still faithful too! Worked at Broadway just down the street from it, and you certainly meet some interesting people there!
I wish I were a glow worm, a glow worm would be fun,
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Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia
Hey, welcome to the board....
I am also Australian, but I live in Victoria....
OK, wanna know about the fire restrictions in Australia? They change in alot of places you go, but if you check out your local fire station, they should be able to answer your questions... but you might want to keep checking with them about any changes when it gets warmer, shouldnt be any problems at the moment though.
Hope that made sense, but yeah, ask your local Fire people.
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Location: melbourne (berwick)
im in victoria too. hi every1. is there a website with that kinda thing? um.. all i know is, where i am, south east melbourne, you cant twirl in public places like shopping centres without permission or a permit, and no busking without a permit. hope ive been of some help.
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Location: under the fairie wheel, Australia
hey mate
as some one who has a family meber who works for fire department can say that yes you cant twirl fire out in teh bush and no you can twirl in a park in the city
thursday nigth s down a glebe you will be fine to twirle with a naked flame
dont need a permit to do it
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Welcome to HoP CatB! Ooooh another person to meet when I get to Sydney!
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Oh Yay!
Thanks for all your help - Brainstorma, I can assure you I'm not about to go dancing in the bush with naked flames...just in a couple of cleared backyards at parties...
Meanwhile...how good is this rain??!
Great to see some smiling faces too -
Gidg - you're coming to visit our mah-velous city? Funky!
Anyhoo...keep in touch!
Cat
I wish I were a glow worm, a glow worm would be fun,
it's hard not to be happy without the sun shining from your bum!
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
I can only speak from victorian experience, where fire regulation enforcement is enforced at the local/shire level, which effectively leaves it up to the discretion of the on duty local ranger / shire employee when you are 'caught'
it is illegal to have a nekkid flame (an genitals for that matter :looks in blair's direction:) in the street in vic. even if you are in a hailstorm.Australian public liability situtation = dire as in the wake of the HIH meltdown.
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Location: Brisbane Oz, Australia
Yeah Im liveing in sydney at the moment as well and can meet up with you during the day . And oh welcome to the house of fun
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
by that did you mean 'covered in vegemite' and sung to in Spanish?
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Location: Sydney, Australia
la cucaracha...
hehe...until now I was never aware that 'vegemite' and 'fun' could be used in the same sentence...but it sounds like you're in for a time, Gidg!
Where in Sydney are you Puk?
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I wish I were a glow worm, a glow worm would be fun,
it's hard not to be happy without the sun shining from your bum!
still can't believe it's not butter
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
lol is that a euphemism or what?
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Location: Sydney, Australia
heyyyyy...
I wish I were a glow worm, a glow worm would be fun,
it's hard not to be happy without the sun shining from your bum!
still can't believe it's not butter
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
*cough* yes, lawns are nice
youse sydney siders are krazed but i like youse!
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
yay! more HoPpers!
well, if your ever down at glebe, my name's ed, and im the wierd dude in the marvin the marshian t-shirt who regularly burns himself doing silly contact staff moves.
wont be there tonite, but hopefully next week.
cheers.
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Location: Sydney, Australia
If you haven't studied a lawn lately, you don't know *what* you're missing - actually, seeing as my yard consists of concrete, I do find grass rather intriguing....ah yes....all that stalky goodness.
heheI think I've been missing out on the Glebe nightlife...are there gatherings every Thursday? And where??? I'm living way out west and gatherings have consisted of people's backyards, and Macquarie Uni...
I wish I were a glow worm, a glow worm would be fun,
it's hard not to be happy without the sun shining from your bum!
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Location: NSW Australia
hey there .. I've always found that heading for the beach and going for it on the sand is always a good way to get away with it in fire bans or high fire danger times ... last time the fire dept came to visit me while I was twirling during a ban (I'm just north of Sydney), seems they wanted a show and told me I'd get in trouble if I stopped ... probably wouldn't try it on a inner city beach though ... too many residents would think you're an approaching bush fire .. also good to avoid areas that have recently had problems with fires, this one I learnt the hard way *L*
good luck !
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Welcome
If you apply for a permit, some councils will let you us fire on total fire ban. Other than that, using fire on Total Fire Ban days is a serious offence, especially given the number of horrific bush fires in recent years.
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Location: Australia
Hello to another twirlie Aussie!!!
I am in canberra, but I go to Sydney all the time, will maybe see you around
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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I wish I were a glow worm, a glow worm would be fun,
it's hard not to be happy without the sun shining from your bum!
Sweet talented nutter
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Location: Brisbane Oz, Australia
Sounds beautiful Puk thinks off in corner about fun times
that shrewd and knavish sprite
Called Robin Good Fellow ; are you not he that is frighten of the maidens of the villagery - fairy
I am the merry wander of the night -puk
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Location: Paris, France, the armpit of europe
damn, i might be moving to aussie land in febuary 2005 for a year
NO FIRE???? what kind of a country is that?
i'll have to think of something, oh i know, get a big box of glowstix
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Location: United Kingdom
hello from england
that is a big dampener on the whole fire tricks must be sumin you can do (sorry if a good way round this problem has already been given didn't read all the posts)
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