Please remember to keep your pets safe during fireworks

[davidc4430]

a lot of animals, dogs in particular don't like fireworks so please make sure your pets are safe during the new years celebrations.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-31/new-years-eve-fireworks-to-draw-millions-to-cities/8155400

i know Foo hates fireworks so he'll be a shivering mess. i'll have the curtains closed and music turned up so it has less effect on him untill the explosions finish.

[davidc4430]

well we made it through to the new year without too much fretting. my bedroom is amazingly sound proof once the curtains are drawn and doors closed.

only a few really loud bangs were heard and with the telly on foo didnt notice (i was watching Independance day 2)

i hope everyone was as sucsessful as i was keeping their loved one/s safe.

[lyndal1838]

You are lucky you were not in Sydney David.....it was horribly noisy here as there was a lot of cloud around keeping the sound down.

We live on the shores of Botany Bay, near the airport and actually have 4 lots of fireworks within 3 hours.  The local council has a fireworks display at 9pm and midnight and the same 2 displays on Sydney Harbour.

No chance of ignoring any of them, even with the sound turned up on the TV.

[davidc4430]

here in wallyroo we had 2 official displays, one at 9.30 for the kiddys and then the big display at midnight. i do think the weather conditions made the noise less this year, past years have been louder.

but its the people who manage to get a hold of illeagle firworks that cause most trouble. i live in a area where most houses are empty most of the year but xmas/new year the place fills to overflowing.

police were at the house 3 doors down 9pm last night where a group of younger revelers have set up camp.

yelling and screaming. a broken booze bottle on the road out front of their house.

i'm guessing one of the elderly residents called the police and complained.

these dills think when they come to country they can do as they please.

a few houses further down and we had a trailer full of unregistered motorcycles, off they went riding all over the beaches and dunes.

back to fireworks, just heard there were 2 deaths interstate with fun gone wrong.

they paid the ultimate price for a few minutes fun.

best to let the experts handle explosives.

[enigmabear]

Indeed. There are several numpties around here who set off illegals, random times/days (police never do anything)

They had theirs going off about 6 last night

Really bright,those guys are

[lionrose.7]

Happy New Year from LIlli.

Silly Lilli would try to smell Fire works

[enigmabear]

Nawwww,she thinks she's people

My father used to make fireworks........he showed me how...when I was four years old (ahem)

Very good idea considering I'd already burned my eyebrows off on a birthday sparkler  

[davidc4430]

[lyndal1838]

Yes, it is the illegal fireworks that can cause the problems.

There have not been many around here this year......far less than previous years, thank goodness.

[tasfleur]

[chameleon54]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

Yes, it is the illegal fireworks that can cause the problems.

There have not been many around here this year......far less than previous years, thank goodness.

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When we lived out bush we would often have large bonfires in the winter months. We would use the front end loader and pile fallen trees into huge heaps on the farm or go out to an old quarry or railway cutting in the scrub for "a bushie"..  Fireworks used to be part of the fun, along with making bush damper and burning magnesium VW gearboxes. They look like a giant firework, when they light up ...

Now I,m a suburbanite I have still got a couple of large eskies full of fireworks hidden away in the shed. I,m not game to let them off now so they are just sitting there ageing with the wicks getting dryer. I guess the kids will find them when I fall off my perch. Maybe the grandkids will have some fun with them.....