Article from Sydney Morning Herald: Bushfires and subsequent backburning in and around the Hawkesbury and Blue Mountains regions caused a thick haze of smoke to blanket Sydney on Saturday morning. Places in the city’s north, such as Lindfield, reported pollution readings on Saturday morning as high as 828 on the Air Quality Index, compared with a typical reading of about 50 for Sydney, according to monitoring by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. Above 100 is considered poor air quality and above 200 is considered hazardous.

There are 43 bush fires at the moment and 15 still remain uncontained!! We made a home video from our balcony in Neutral Bay: http://youtu.be/6TrF38ZCeaA.