Freshening north-westerly winds drove the Stockyard fire down Apollo Road onto Ballineen in the hour before midnight on 17th January 2003. [picture] /

Title from caption list supplied by the photographer, see file NLA04/564.; Inscriptions: Signed by the photographer in pencil on reverse.; Part of the collection: A blood red noon, photography of the Brindabella & southern ACT fires of January 2003.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3511579; Purchased 2005. "Ballineen Homestead, Apollo Road at 2335 hrs, 17:01:2003. After burning steadily through Namadgi National Park under slackening westerly winds, a sudden shift to gusty north-westerlies just before midnight on 17th January, drove the Stockyard fire down Apollo Road and up the timbered slopes of Mount Tennent, while firefighters at "Ballineen" stood by ready to protect buildings and structures"--Note from the photographer