\FROM CHARCOAL STICKS TO GREEN AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE – BUCHAN, A YEAR ON
FROM CHARCOAL STICKS TO GREEN AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE – BUCHAN, A YEAR ON
February 10, 2021 3:38 pm
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
Just over a year ago,
bushfire roared through the
Buchan Valley. Dozens of homes were consumed by it, one human life was lost among an incalculable number of flora and fauna.
The racetrack was also surely gone. The fire had galloped straight through it, turning trees into charcoal, destroying buildings, scorching almost every blade of grass on the track itself, even burning out half the winning post, which is now a symbol not just of the devastating bushfire but also the subsequent miracle of the