Guardian Australia has tracked the effects of Australia’s bushfire crisis on daily life, outside the fire zonesSports matches and festivals cancelled: the impact of Australia's bushfire smoke on its major eventsAs Australia’s bushfires have kept burning and growing, smoke has descended on Australia’s biggest city, Sydney, as well as Melbourne, the nation’s capital and much of regional Australia. Read moreNovember21 November: On the Central Coast, poor air quality forces the Central Coast council to call off two Christmas events, planned for 23 November and 29 November. 29 December: Events ACT announces that Canberra’s annual fireworks will not go ahead, citing poor air quality and danger from hot conditions. 4 January: The Karkarook Parkrun, an annual event at Heatherton in Melbourne’s south-east, fails to proceed over concerns about air quality. 6 January: The Sydney festival’s flagship production, Opening Night, is cancelled due to heath concerns from poor air quality.

Source: The Guardian January 07, 2020 06:56 UTC