Bush-fire delay home-coming

However hard I try it is near impossible to leave work at 4pm (so far this year I have managed twice). Today I tried to tell someone to speak with me tomorrow morning instead of 10 to five as I had to catch the bus, but he did not get it, and I left after 5. That is bad, as the bus into the city then takes longer than walking (so I should have walked but was too lazy). Then the bus from the city gets stuck in traffic as there is no bus-lane north on the harbour bridge. However it was Cremorne - Mossman - Balmoral stretch that just took forever. It turned out there was a bush-fire, on the hill just when you go down towards the Spit Bridge. As usual it was on the other side of the road and all due to "rubber-necking". It took more than 1.5h door to door. I should really take the ferry.