A local from Batemans Bay filmed himself using a hose to defend his property from a raging inferno caused by the recent bushfires in Australia.<br /><br />Captured on New Year's Eve this footage shows how many Australian homeowners welcomed the new decade.<br /><br />The filmer can be seen using a domestic hose to keep flames from the epic fire at bay.<br /><br />The filmer also told Newsflare: "We were getting ready for the next big hit. <br /><br />"So we made strike force.<br /><br />"[There were] nowhere near enough resources and we weren't gonna stand back and watch it hit again we got prepared well. <br /><br />"Our crew saved a local nursery and three houses on the property."
