Thanks for the help. I did a bit of googling after the last post and yeah, it does appear its pretty much a death sentence for the vine.

There is another Vine on the property, on the other side of the house to the pool, that one is OK at present.

The major problem is that we can't burn anything at the moment, there is a ban on fires until the end of August!

That said, you leave anything out in the sun for any period of time out here and it dries up within a couple of hours!