Two years on from the massive fire that tore through Mallacoota, a tiny coastal town in Victoria, the camping grounds are full again, koalas can be spotted in the crowns of eucalypts and the landscape is green with epicormic growth.
But the town is dotted with empty lots where houses once stood and the new green growth only hides the blackened trunks.
Photojournalist Rachel Mounsey documented the approach of the bushfire and the aftermath, focusing her camera on the people who lost their homes amidst the devastation.
Content warning this feature contains stories from the 2019/2020 Fires.
Guests
Justin Brady
Brodie Cummingham
Kate Jackson
Rachel Mounsey
Jiya Rose Nation
Credits:
Producer and presenter: Sarah Mashman
Engineer: Tegan Nicholls
Theme music by Oliver Beard
Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions
Production management team: Abe Killian and Sime Knezevic
In co-operation with 3MGB, Mallacoota
Framing Disaster was made on the lands of the Gunai Kurnai people and the muwinina people from Country around nipaluna. These lands were never ceded.
From the Embers Season 2: Phoenix is supported by The Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas, The Paul Ramsay Foundation, Monash University’s Fire to Flourish program and The Minderoo Foundation Fire and Flood Resilience Initiative and broadcast across Australia via the Community Radio Network.
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