GREAT AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRE STORIES

Name: GREAT AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRE STORIES
Brand: Harper Collins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd
SKU: 9780733323973-B
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By Ian Mannix

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'the biggest cleared area was my vegetable patch ... I ran and lay down and made a little tent over myself. I thought it would preserve the last of the oxygen. Under the blanket I could hear explosions - the gas bottles from the houses further up, and I could just imagine all my neighbours dead up the road. the wind was roaring, the trees cracking: an awful lot of noise ... I thought I wasn't going to survive.' Peter Luke, Gaffneys Creek, Victoria 'the sky got darker again ... I started to think about the next day's newspaper headlines: "Stupid thirty-eight-weeks pregnant woman drives into fire with toddler."' Sonia Stanton, Canberra 'I looked down into where the houses were totally surrounded by a sea of flame and thought, well, that's it, she's all over. Everybody will be killed down there.' John Hyles, Namadgi Ranges GREAt AUStRALIAN BUSHFIRE StORIES is a collection of remarkable tales from all around Australia that tell of our country's fiercest natural phenomenon: the bushfire. Farmers, landowners, firefighters and city dwellers share with ABC journalist Ian Mannix their experiences of fires: preparing for them, fighting them, and the heartbreak task of mopping up when even their best efforts failed. Some stories are funny, some tragic, many courageous, but all are a testimony to the ingenuity and grit of human beings as they fight to save their homes, their towns and, in some cases, their lives.

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Binding:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

226

Release Date:

2008-10-01

Publication Date:

2008-10-01

Publisher:

Harper Collins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

0733323979

ISBN13:

9780733323973

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

392 g

Height:

156 cm

Width:

234 cm

Thickness:

13 cm

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