Lewis Holland is waiting for a call he hopes will never come.
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The Australian sevens rugby skipper is training in Queensland while his family stays ready to act should the rampant NSW bushfires edge closer to their Braidwood property.
A phone call with his mother left 26-year-old Holland hopeful the winds would change and the family property would be spared by the blaze. Now no news is good news - because if Holland's phone lights up, there is a good chance he knows what it means.
The Kings Highway was closed towards Braidwood with the Currowan fire front five kilometres away on Friday. Some residents south-west of the town have been told it is too late to leave.
So what was supposed to offer respite has brought a host of nerves for Holland's family.
"My grandparents have a house out at South Durras. Mum rang them up and told them to come back to Braidwood because that fire out there was getting pretty close and pretty hairy," Holland said.
"They've come to Braidwood and there is obviously a fire on the back door there, so they can't really escape it at the moment.
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"Hopefully the wind changes or something like that and pulls it up a bit, because it was getting out of hand there for a while.
"With the hot weather, the winds, and the fires burning everywhere, everyone is pushed to their limits and on edge.
"Fire is a crazy thing, especially with the drought and winds, there are spot fires wherever and it's jumping around and becoming harder to control.
"Hats off to the guys out there doing their best to try to get it under control because it is not an easy task at all.
"They're putting their lives at risk to save people's houses and make living a little bit easier for them while they're out there risking their own life."
Holland will make his return to the world sevens circuit in South Africa next week having missed the Dubai leg with an injury.
A whirlwind trip to one of his favourite cities in Cape Town will kick off a hectic schedule for Holland with the Olympic Games in the back of his mind.
A short break over the Christmas period will allow the ACT Brumbies junior to head home and down the coast provided the fires have settled down.
Then a trip back to his property in Queensland will close out the break before Holland jumps back into a jam-packed training schedule from January 2.
"I'll try fit in as much as possible over that little break and then focus on the new year heading into the Olympics and the Sydney Sevens kicking off at the back end of January," Holland said.
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"It's funny speaking about the Olympics, it only felt like Rio was a few sleeps ago.
"Four years flies by when you're having fun. It's an exciting time. Off the back of qualifying over in Fiji, it makes this year a lot less stressful.
"If we didn't get our target there, we had one last-ditch effort after the World Series so it would have been a stressful year.
"Now the focus is on how we want to prepare for this year, how we want to play, which tournaments we want to target.
"Across the board, this year can really be focused on us competing well, getting consistent, and hopefully peaking for Tokyo."