Watching embers fly over the roof of his house gave Dolphin Point man Shaun Dickson twice as many reasons to worry as most residents in the small beachfront town south of Ulladulla. Armed with a hose, to wet down his own Highview Dr home, Mr Dickson also watched a second house he owned across the road come under threat from the advancing flames.After choosing to stay and defend his property on Saturday evening, Mr Dickson eventually decided to flee to the edge of his inlet in his car.But after the danger passed on Saturday night, the homes came under direct threat around 9am on Sunday when the wind picked up."I was really scared," he said. "I have seen one before in the late nineties but this was the closest."A resident of Dolphin Point for 12 years, Mr Dickson said he moved all the outdoor timber furniture and everything flammable away from the house."Everyone was running up and down, especially as the night came, because the helicopters had been water bombing and they had to stop when it got dark."Then the wind changed about 5pm or 6pm and it came this way. It didn't hit until the next morning."There were embers coming from the other side of the house and flying over the house."Mr Dickson's tenants across the road were away for the weekend and he said he prepared for the possibility he might have to move items to protect that house too, which backed directly on to bushland. Firefighters worked through the night on Saturday, backburning to protect homes backing on to the bushland. Only a small holiday shack in the nearby national park, south of Dolphin Point, was destroyed."The firies were incredible," Mr Dickson said.Mr Dickson's partner, Himani Smeaton, said they only unpacked the car yesterday morning and were still nervous when they heard helicopters water bombing and sirens nearby.Neighbour Tim Peters has seen six bushfires come close to his house in 40 years in Dolphin Point. The 62-year-old and his wife also chose to stay through the weekend blaze."We filled up everything that could hold water," he said."We loaded up the cars with things like our photos and had them parked on the front lawn ready to go. But we have seen it plenty of times before."