Dom Kleinig:
The eerie sound of trees falling as the trunks burned through was a reminder that we needed to watch where we parked the car and where we worked.
Dom Kleinig:
Tree trunks will be burning for a long time yet.
Dom Kleinig:
Hard at work clearing the track: Bren, Roger and Phil. Dom is working hard to document the exertion from behind his phone.
Dom Kleinig:
The miracle of Peter Hughes' bush shack. It was saved by a well-timed drop of fire retarding foam from the Erickson Skycrane, despite the singed trunks of the trees only inches from his wooden deck. The only unburnt leaf litter for 3k is under his floor.
Dom Kleinig:
Cleaning up the fire tracks. So much wood.
Dom Kleinig:
A surviving tract of bushland above the Spaniards Gully catchment, looking West.... is that the Bluff?
Dom Kleinig:
Moonscape
Dom Kleinig:
It must have been hot here.
Dom Kleinig:
Looking down toward the house and Stone Hut.
Dom Kleinig:
A black and white landscape as we head up the southern fork of the triangle track.
Dom Kleinig:
Mum putting on sunscreen.
Dom Kleinig:
Surveying the devastation and clearing the track.
Dom Kleinig:
The Peppermint Box survive.
Dom Kleinig:
Night fire above the Peppermint Box.
Dom Kleinig:
Fire on the ridge above Spaniards Gully creek. Pottery shed and tank just visible.
Dom Kleinig:
Back-burning Silka's Paddock (east of the house).
Dom Kleinig:
Back-burning Silkas Paddock.
Dom Kleinig:
CFS back-burning Silkas Paddock.
Dom Kleinig:
Night fire
Dom Kleinig:
View from the house toward Lynches Paddock. Fire above the Spaniards Gully creek.
Dom Kleinig:
The fire from the carob tree dining room.
Dom Kleinig:
I believe this is the edge of the Hill paddock as the fire threatens the peppermint box.
Dom Kleinig:
Bren's pioneering trademark photo style "tooclose". Bushfire in native pines.
Dom Kleinig:
Bren's pioneering trademark photo style "tooclose". Bushfire in native pines.
Dom Kleinig:
Bren's pioneering trademark photo style "tooclose". Bushfire in native pines.
Dom Kleinig:
A critical asset in many incidents that day.
Dom Kleinig:
Nervously watching the fire fanning out on both sides.
Dom Kleinig:
CFS on hand between the renegade fire front and the House.
Dom Kleinig:
A contender for on the oldest gum remaining on the range and the CFS on hand between the renegade fire front and the House.
Dom Kleinig:
CFS on hand between the renegade fire front and the House.
