Haze on Sydney Harbour [View all]

The view of the Harbour Bridge (it is there, if you look very hard). The top temperature in the north, where I live and work, got to 39C today, but out west it hit 47C, the highest temperature ever recorded in Sydney.

The smoke haze is hazardous to health for those who suffer from asthma and other lung ailments, but this is only the second day I've really felt it - just the most dreadful smell everywhere, which makes you feel a bit ill. For the first time, we're seeing a lot of people wearing P2 masks to shield themselves from the haze. You'd think you were in Beijing.

Meanwhile, our illustrious PM Morrison refuses to acknowledge that climate change has anything to do with the current situation and refuses to meet with fire chiefs to discuss a strategy for the future. But the fire chiefs want to talk about climate change, so Morrison ran away on holiday to an undisclosed location, which we all know is Waikiki. He's really not very bright, our PM.