This weekend has seen the week long bushfire burning through the Mount Archer National Park reach the outskirts of Rockhampton towns of Lakes Creek, Mount Archer and Frenchville.

I have taken some photos in the Park Avenue which is about a 90 minute walk west of the fire. The sky was tinted red/orange, ash and burnt leaves were falling like snow and the smell of a camp fire set the senses alert.

Nearby, there were people partying and another lot starting their night's event of drinking rum.