Finally arrived back from the Hunter Valley this afternoon. We got up early so we could hit the road and do the trip in 1 day. My wife and I were sitting on the balcony at farm stay at Mitchells Flats, about 38KM from Muswellbrook. At 05:58 the 4.5 M earthquake at Muswellbrook hit. I have been through a few so it was an interesting way to end the stay. No damage there, just a jolt and shaking.

On another note, we were listening to the radio on the way back and we had tuned into the Taree radio station and they were stating that the have not backed burned anywhere near the quota required throughout NSW. A great concern down there.

The weather down there was much the same as Brisbane which is very unusual for the area. We had 2 cold nights and one cool day. The rest of the days were min of 13-17°C and 24-31°C for maximums.

Below is the GEO science report of the quake this morning .