It felt like the end of the World, it's 46c, the hottest day in Melbourne's history, it's like an oven outside as bushfire smoke darkens the sky. I'm just starting work at Glen Waverley, but all our trains are dead account there is weekend trackwork on.

Little did we know at the time, the Kilmore/Kinglake bush fires were at that moment sweeping through, that killed over 200 people and destroyed 1800 houses.

I get to travel to Burnley on the replacement bus, it's 45c when I get on, but 45 minutes later when we get to Burnley, the cool change had swept through and it was only 22c, and it started to rain. Certainly a day to remember.