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AVOID SMOKE - Bluewater (near Townsville) - fire as at 8:13pm Wednesday, 26 August 2026 (WARN-248)

Location: Bluewater and Bluewater Park -19.201299085668428 latitude, 146.51073285884198 longitude, grid square QH30GT11
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Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Minor
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-27T20:13:39.37+10:00

Thick smoke is affecting Bluewater and Bluewater Park. This is from a fire burning near the intersection of Forestry Road and Topaz Close, Bluewater.

Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

- Check for warning updates often.

- Do not fly drones around the fire as they affect firefighting.
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STAY INFORMED - Bluewater (near Townsville) - fire as at 1:39pm Wednesday, 26 August 2026 (WARN-247)

Location: Bluewater and Bluewater Park -19.201299085668428 latitude, 146.51073285884198 longitude, grid square QH30GT11
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Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Moderate
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-27T13:39:18.103+10:00

A fire is burning near the intersection of Forestry Road and Topaz Close, Bluewater.

Stay informed because the situation could change.

- Check for warning updates often and listen to your local radio station.

- Decide what you will do if the bushfire gets closer.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close. Smoke can make it hard to breathe.

- Do not fly drones around the fire as they affect firefighting.

- If you are in danger, call Triple Zero (000) now.
- Click here for current QFD incidents and warnings
- Click here for bushfire preparation tips
- Click here for health advice and air quality information
- Follow QFD on Facebook and X.com
- Click here for road closure information or call 131940

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AVOID SMOKE (HAZARD REDUCTION BURN) - Ravenshoe (near Atherton) - fire as at 1:18pm Wednesday, 26 August 2026 (WARN-246)

Location: Ravenshoe and surrounding areas -17.605532396226927 latitude, 145.47215043352674 longitude, grid square QH22RJ64
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Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Minor
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-27T13:18:44.343+10:00

Thick smoke is affecting Ravenshoe and surrounding areas. This is from Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service hazard reduction burning at the Ravenshoe State Forest, near Cemetery Road, Ravenshoe.

Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

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AVOID SMOKE (HAZARD REDUCTION BURN) - Marlborough to Yaamba - fire as at 10:20am Wednesday, 26 August 2026 (WARN-245)

Location: Marlborough, Yaamba and surrounding areas -22.92041722960743 latitude, 150.18323322158207 longitude, grid square QG57CB19
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Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Minor
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-27T10:20:37.86+10:00

Thick smoke is affecting Marlborough, Yaamba and surrounding areas. This is from hazard reduction burning near Stanage Bay Road, Stanage.

Smoke could be in the area for days. Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

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AVOID SMOKE - Seisa, Loyalty Beach and New Mapoon (Cape York) - fire as at 10:11am Wednesday, 26 August 2026 (WARN-242)

Location: Seisa, Red Island, Loyalty Beach and New Mapoon -10.849179126062376 latitude, 142.381102998814 longitude, grid square QH19ED56
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Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Minor
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-27T10:15:02.883+10:00

Thick smoke is affecting Seisa, Red Island, Loyalty Beach and New Mapoon. This is from multiple fires burning in the area.

Fire crews are currently on scene. These fires are under control. These fires could burn for days. Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

- Check for warning updates often.

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- Ability to add custom stamps on PDFs (ex: "Paid on <date>")

My use case is the following: I want to leverage the organization features of an eDMS, sync my documents to my Nextcloud instance, and when accessing invoices (read-only) from another computer (or my phone), being able to see at a glance when it was paid (along with other info I might think relevant), hence the stamping feature.

Docspell seems to store everything in a DB, so external access is hard.

Paperless-ngx seems bent on not modifying the PDFs, so no stamping feature, while advertising that they store the modified PDFs along the original one, so I'm a bit lost here.

If there are plugins or tutos on how one might achieve that, I'm open to that too. Using paperless-ngx and manually stamping through external tools is still an option, but it adds friction which I'd want to avoid (bookkeeping is hard enough for me already).

Boosts/renote/retoot/etc. are very welcome! If you don't know, maybe you know someone who knows :-) !

Thanks!

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AVOID SMOKE (HAZARD REDUCTION BURN) - Highfields (near Toowoomba) - fire as at 8:51am Wednesday, 26 August 2026 (WARN-241)

Location: Highfields and surrounding areas -27.45847664417853 latitude, 151.95224960793388 longitude, grid square QG52XM49
Map:
Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Minor
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-27T08:52:21.553+10:00

Thick smoke is affecting Highfields and surrounding areas. This is from hazard reduction burning near Barracks Road, Highfields.

Smoke could be in the area for days. Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

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I guess what Id say is that the best way to predict the future is just observe very closely the present. So its close observation of whats going on in at a moment. And its also, the other thing is being interested in the thing youre interested in rather than the thing everybodys talking about thats good because it means that its gonna be fresh and different. Michael Lewis

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AVOID SMOKE - Seisa (Cape York) - fire as at 4:34pm Tuesday, 25 August 2026 (WARN-238)

Location: Seisa and Red Island -10.849941319390686 latitude, 142.36894478293485 longitude, grid square QH19ED46
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Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Minor
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-26T16:37:30.48+10:00

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Thick smoke is affecting Seisa and Red Island. This is from multiple fires burning near Loyalty Beach and New Mapoon.

Fire crews are working to contain the fire. These fires could burn for days. Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

- Check for warning updates often.

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STAY INFORMED - Loyalty Beach (Cape York) - fire as at 4:30pm Tuesday, 25 August 2026 (WARN-236)

Location: Loyalty Beach -10.831749236629065 latitude, 142.38998485601883 longitude, grid square QH19EE60
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Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Moderate
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-26T16:31:46.467+10:00

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A fire is burning near Pajinka Back Road.

Stay informed because the situation could change.

- Check for warning updates often and listen to your local radio station.

- Decide what you will do if the bushfire gets closer.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close. Smoke can make it hard to breathe.

- Do not fly drones around the fire as they affect firefighting.

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STAY INFORMED - New Mapoon (Cape York) - fire as at 4:23pm Tuesday, 25 August 2026 (WARN-237)

Location: New Mapoon -10.867143701905798 latitude, 142.38259941389205 longitude, grid square QH19ED51
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Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Moderate
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-26T16:23:54.873+10:00

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This is from multiple fires burning near New Mapoon.

Stay informed because the situation could change.

- Check for warning updates often and listen to your local radio station.

- Decide what you will do if the bushfire gets closer.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close. Smoke can make it hard to breathe.

- Do not fly drones around the fire as they affect firefighting.

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AVOID SMOKE (HAZARD REDUCTION BURN) - Marlborough to Yaamba - fire as at 12:10pm Tuesday, 25 August 2026 (WARN-234)

Thick smoke is affecting Marlborough, Yaamba and surrounding areas. This is from hazard reduction burning near Stanage Bay Road, Stanage.

Smoke could be in the area for days. Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

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AVOID SMOKE (HAZARD REDUCTION BURN) - Highfields (near Toowoomba) - fire as at 10:02am Tuesday, 25 August 2026 (WARN-233)

Thick smoke is affecting Highfields and surrounding areas. This is from hazard reduction burning near Barracks Road, Highfields.

Smoke could be in the area for days. Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

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STAY INFORMED - Mareeba - fire as at 4:34pm Monday, 24 August 2026 (WARN-232)

Location: Between Brooks Road, Mulligan Highway, Fassio Road and Mareeba Dimbulah Road -16.9799668090535 latitude, 145.36090088803144 longitude, grid square QH23QA34
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Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Moderate
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-25T16:35:11.647+10:00

A fire is burning between Springs Road and Adil Road. This fire could burn for days.

Stay informed because the situation could change.

- Check for warning updates often and listen to your local radio station.

- Decide what you will do if the bushfire gets closer.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close. Smoke can make it hard to breathe.

- Do not fly drones around the fire as they affect firefighting.

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AVOID SMOKE - Perseverance (near Crows Nest) - fire as at 11:45am Monday, 24 August 2026 (WARN-230)

Location: Perseverance, Palm Tree, Mount Luke, Ravensbourne, Grape Tree -27.372897129212024 latitude, 152.17663121607944 longitude, grid square QG62CP10
Map:
Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Minor
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-25T11:46:25.63+10:00

Thick smoke is affecting Perseverance, Palm Tree, Mount Luke, Ravensbourne, Grape Tree. This is from a fire burning near Palm Tree Road, Perserverance.

Fire crews are currently on scene. This fire is not under control. Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

- Check for warning updates often.

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AVOID SMOKE - Perseverance (near Crows Nest) - fire as at 11:34am Monday, 24 August 2026 (WARN-229)

Thick smoke is affecting Perseverance, Palm Tree, Mount Luke, Ravensbourne, Grape Tree. This is from a fire burning near Palm Tree Road, Perserverance.

Fire crews are currently on scene. This fire is not under control. Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

- Check for warning updates often.

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STAY INFORMED - Mareeba - fire as at 6:49pm Sunday, 23 August 2026 (WARN-226)

A fire is burning between Springs Road and Adil Road. This fire could burn for days.

Stay informed because the situation could change.

- Check for warning updates often and listen to your local radio station.

- Decide what you will do if the bushfire gets closer.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close. Smoke can make it hard to breathe.

- Do not fly drones around the fire as they affect firefighting.

- See for a listing of ABC Local Radio stations which may be broadcasting emergency information in your area.

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AVOID SMOKE - Perseverance (near Crows Nest) - fire as at 2:38pm Sunday, 23 August 2026 (WARN-222)

Thick smoke is affecting Perseverance, Palm Tree, Mount Luke, Ravensbourne, Grape Tree. This is from a fire burning near Palm Tree Road, Perserverance.

Fire crews are currently on scene. This fire is not under control. Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

- Check for warning updates often.

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Snakes from Above

SNAKES FROM ABOVE !
I was working and living at Badplaas Mechanical Services, the workshop was about 4km
from that sorry excuse of a town. Nice view of the mountain and grasslands all around
me, I was content. My room was powered from a couple of batteries and an inverter, as
Eskom was broken.
Rigged above my bed was an LED light, because I do love to read at night. The building
was not in a good state of repair and between the wall and the ceiling were large gaps,
this did not bother me much, until one night.
I was sitting on my bed playing a computer game, very focused on it. Something brushed
against my shoulder, thinking it was one of the huge moths they have there I absently
slapped it away. Instant pain in my left eye! Caught only a glimpse of the Mozambique
Spitting Cobra, I had just slapped, slithering under the bed. The pain was intense I
stumbled to the bathroom and washed out my eyes.
By now the left eye was totally useless, the right not much better, as a miniscule about
of venom had gotten in that eye too. My nose was a runny mess, and as I said, the pain
was incredible. There was no way I could catch that damn snake in my condition.
Fortunately I had met the resident snake catcher, Geoff. Not having his number I call my
friend Nick, owner of the workshop, and told him to get him here, quickly!
Soon the whole workshop was full of people Geoff did his thing and caught the rather
large snake. The people could not believe that I thought this whole situation was
hilarious I mean who the hell other than The Mexican Horse Thief has deadly snakes
falling on their head while they are in bed, FFS The snake had come out of the ceiling
and slithered along the lights cord, falling and landing right on top of me. I took some
Grandpa Headache Powders, and chased everyone away, after thanking Geoff, of course.
A bad, bad, painful night was had. The next day, the light hurt my eye I put a patch on it.
Geoff arrived with the snake and we took it into the bush next to the river and let her go.
I took one photo, not a good one at all, only excuse is I was still suffering from a lot of
pain at the time. The patch came off the next day, but my vision was still blurred. For
about six months after that if I was tired and did not get enough sleep my left eye would
go red and weep.
Lesson learned DO NOT slap a Mozambique Spitting Cobra.
My Guardian Angel Hard at work, if that snake had bitten rather than spat, even my
hand, I do not think I would have made the hours drive to the hospital. Face, neck or
head bite Would have been dead in an hour or less.
Maybe next time

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AVOID SMOKE - Stuart (near Townsville) - fire as at 12:18pm Sunday, 23 August 2026 (WARN-220)

Location: Stuart, Cluden, Oonoonba and surrounding area -19.317572221718425 latitude, 146.83989164431094 longitude, grid square QH30KQ03
Map:
Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Minor
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-24T12:19:21.77+10:00

Thick smoke is affecting Stuart, Cluden, Oonoonba and surrounding area. This is from a fire burning near Southern Port Road, Cluden (Ron McLean Drive).

Fire crews are currently on scene. Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

- Check for warning updates often.

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AVOID SMOKE (HAZARD REDUCTION BURN) - Mudgeeraba (near Gold Coast) - fire as at 10:35am Sunday, 23 August 2026 (WARN-219)

Location: Mudgeeraba and surrounding areas -28.091957449127484 latitude, 153.3689956889751 longitude, grid square QG61QV47
Map:
Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Minor
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-24T10:35:59.517+10:00

Thick smoke is affecting Mudgeeraba and surrounding areas. This is from hazard reduction burning near Clover Hill Drive.

Smoke could be in the area for days. Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

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Jesus Is My Crutch

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As a pandemic pastor beginning ministry in 2020, to say I was a bit overwhelmed would be an understatement.

Even with the joy and support of co-pastoring with my spouse, the transition to a new place and vocation had its rough spots.

Ministry was not foreign to me. I have a deep love for the church and have been involved in a variety of ministries inside and outside the church since I was a child. Sunday school, Vacation Bible School, Bible studies, Agape Confrontation street ministry, The Navigators, Discipleship Coordinator, Presbyterian Youth Pastor, trustee, elder, worship team member.all helped form me and continue to inform my role as pastor.

It was during this time when, as is often the case, my creative side expressed visually much of what I was wrestling with internally. I realized very quickly early on that, in my life every day, but especially as a pastor, I could not do this on my own strength.

No amount of experience, knowledge, imagination, energy, or will would make me a good and effective pastor unless I was, as the old Gospel song says,

I am not sure when the idea came to me, but one morning, in my office, I sat down and made the drawing that serves as the featured image for this post.

Along with my early ministry angst and inadequacies, I was reminded of one of my favorite verses:

But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' 2 Corinthians 12:9.

The term Jesus Is A Crutch has been used as a way to somehow discredit those who have placed their faith in a Jewish carpenter who walked the earth 2000 years ago. It does sound rather ludicrous when you think about it. But then I guess Ill keep choosing to be a fool for Christ.

You see, that day long ago at the beginning of my ministry, I embraced the idea of Jesus as my crutch. Because I realized that no matter how broken or weak or inadequate I was, if I was leaning on Jesus, that crutch would never break.

That was six years ago, and since that time, that illustration has sat on the top shelf of the bookcase in our pastors office facing our desk. I look up and see it multiple times when I am working on a sermon, listening to someone, or choosing a commentary or book. The picture is there, a kind of icon, to remind me that yeah, Jesus is my crutch. Hallelujah!

Recently, I got to wondering about using the image to create a t-shirt. The shirt arrived this week, which inspired me to put it on (smile) and write this reflection.

The shirt is available for purchase at

Proceeds help support the work of and other creative projects.

Like the image that inspired it, the tee is a reminder to me, and hopefully for you as well, that every second of every day, we need to be leaning on the everlasting arms.

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AVOID SMOKE - Jacobs Well (near Ormeau) - fire as at 6:46pm Saturday, 22 August 2026 (WARN-217)

Location: Jacobs Well and surrounding areas -27.777537773149543 latitude, 153.35858813704866 longitude, grid square QG62QF33
Map:
Incident Type: Other
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Minor
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-23T18:47:58.083+10:00

There is a fire near Cormorant Crescent.

There will be thick smoke in the area for hours. The incident is under control.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close. Smoke can make it hard to breathe.

- Stay away from the area if you do not need to be there.

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AVOID SMOKE (HAZARD REDUCTION BURN) - Kooralbyn (near Boonah) - fire as at 4:15pm Saturday, 22 August 2026 (WARN-216)

Location: Kooralbyn and surrounding areas -28.075474723967474 latitude, 152.86140615619564 longitude, grid square QG61KW31
Map:
Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Minor
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-23T16:15:26.69+10:00

Thick smoke is affecting Kooralbyn and surrounding areas. This is from hazard reduction burning near Boomerang Drive and Merton Close.

Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

- See for a listing of ABC Local Radio stations which may be broadcasting emergency information in your area.

. See for official warnings from the QFD. DO NOT RELY ON THIS SERVICE FOR TIMELY EMERGENCY WARNINGS.

AVOID SMOKE - Yeppoon (near Rockhampton) - fire as at 1:56pm Saturday, 22 August 2026 (WARN-215)

Location: Yeppoon, Taroomball, Taranganba and surrounding areas -23.15482038019041 latitude, 150.7422473865842 longitude, grid square QG56IU92
Map:
Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Minor
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-23T13:56:56.647+10:00

Thick smoke is affecting Yeppoon, Taroomball, Taranganba and surrounding areas. This is from a fire burning near Tanby Road and Taranganba Street, Taroomball.

Fire crews are currently on scene. Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

- Check for warning updates often.

- See for a listing of ABC Local Radio stations which may be broadcasting emergency information in your area.

. See for official warnings from the QFD. DO NOT RELY ON THIS SERVICE FOR TIMELY EMERGENCY WARNINGS.

AVOID SMOKE (HAZARD REDUCTION BURN) - Turkey Beach to Tannum Sands - fire as at 10:44am Saturday, 22 August 2026 (WARN-214)

Location: Rodds Bay, Turkey Beach, Tannum Sands and surrounding areas -24.030214551266816 latitude, 151.5094385116416 longitude, grid square QG55SX12
Map:
Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Minor
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-23T10:45:21.23+10:00

Thick smoke is affecting Rodds Bay, Turkey Beach, Tannum Sands and surrounding areas. This is from hazard reduction burning near Harbour Drive, Rodds Bay.

Protect yourself from the impacts of smoke.

- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.

- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close.

- If you are worried about your health call your doctor or 13 HEALTH (13 432 584). If it is an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) now.

- If you are affected by the smoke you may need to leave the area.

- See for a listing of ABC Local Radio stations which may be broadcasting emergency information in your area.

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