Suspicion over fires
WHEN Clint Allen saw 30-foot high flames within 100 metres of his Pakenham home on Monday afternoon, he immediately thought of his cousin who...
Fire chief warns of Ash Wednesday conditions
THE last time the Dandenong Ranges, Macedon Ranges and Otways all burned was on 16 February, 1983 - Ash Wednesday.
But they haven’t burnt to...
Warning bells ring
VICTORIA’S fire chief has warned that the bushfire threat to our communities is similar to that experienced before Ash Wednesday.
As memorial services were held...
Premier leads service dedication
“IT WAS dark, deafening, scary and ultimately tragic as it often is. It was deadly and devastating, it was Ash Wednesday.”
The words of Premier...
Toxic weed mystery
IT STARTED as a sunflower - or so Les Abreheart thought.
The Garfield resident was watching the ‘sunflower’ grow with interest for three months until...
Battle scars
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It was 30 years ago that the Ash Wednesday bushfires ripped through the region, leaving behind a trail of heartbreak and destruction. In the...
In the thick of it
THE Shelton family didn’t lose any loved ones in the Ash Wednesday fires but the loss of their home and business still changed their...
Photo par excellence
IT IS one of the most iconic photos to come out of Upper Beaconsfield on Ash Wednesday, and it was taken among panic and...
Scars remain
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FRANK Sansom is not a religious man, but he reckons Ash Wednesday gave him a fair idea...
Hell on Earth in hills
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Caption: Six of these 21 Narre Warren firefighters died in Ash Wednesday.
IT WAS a recipe for disaster in the...
With a little help from their friends
BLIND and vision-impaired students from the Insight Education Centre are making friends with junior school students at Beaconhills College in Pakenham while taking part...
Disaster relief in hind sight
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caption: Red Cross supplies arrive at Pakenham Hall in the days following Ash Wednesday.
JUST hours before a deadly fire made its way toward...
Long ride to awareness
On Sunday, 12 October, veteran and passionate motorcyclist Andy Holman, along with 29 other riders, departed from Officer to join hundreds of others in...
