... Click on Pics to see the pictures, best viewed in Full Screen mode [F11] use the О key to go back a picture or the links to the next picture or to return to this page. 2003 started in very dramatic fashion with bushfires ranging across the Australian Capital Territory, almost surrounding Canberra. We rushed back from Christmas in Sydney to check on Carole’s townhouse on the city edge. ... Not so lucky were several friends amongst the five hundred Canberra families who lost their homes. ... Pics . ...