âNothing was going to stop us coming backâ: Mallacoota booming after year from hell
âNothing was going to stop us coming backâ: Mallacoota booming after year from hell
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For Terry and Tony Sheehan, the passing of 11 months and the cherished memories of 35 peaceful East Gippsland summers had helped repress the sounds, smells and visions of the day Mallacoota burned. until they returned to the blackened trees.
The remnants of the black summer bushfires by the Princes Highway on their annual passage from Keysborough last month stirred memories of New Yearâs Eve morning, when the couple, both in their 70s and with health issues, fled Mallacoota s wall of flames in their boat and watched from the lake as homes exploded and the air glowed red.