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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