Huge fires had been burning for days, their fearsome rage fuelled by millions of acres of forest. A constant breeze fanned the flames and carried billowing smoke over a hundred miles from the blazing inferno to the skies above Cudmirrah Beach.  The rays of the setting sun then penetrated the chaos of smoke to fill this scene with a wonderfully warm glow. Humanity is humbled by such awesome power, but tranquillity falls over the ocean, which has no fear of fire.