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Most would remember this day as it was first day back for new school year.

I was 9 years old when the fire went through Dwellingup. Our family were on holiday in Mandurah at Scotty's Caravan Park. At night you could see the glow from the fire. My father and a couple of others in the caravan park joined a group from Mandurah who went to help fight the fire.

Absolutely heartbreaking! So thankful no lives were lost though.

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My ancestors left Tasmania to New Zealand because of the fires. It was too much.😢

I was 8 yrs old and was living in Port Arthur. It came up the back of our house. We as kids were made sit in the car while people fought the fire coming up the back of our house in main road. Fortunately they saved the house. We couldn’t believe the devastation the next time we drove to Hobart. There was nothing there hardly. Lucky my father was a fisherman so we had food from the sea.

A very scary day.

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When I worked in Oz I worked with a lady who went high at the end of every sentence haha, I thought it a bit patronising myself and very annoying 😂😂..But on a serious note though the people were fantastic and a good laugh especially when you went out of the city into the towns..Had some great memories thanks Australia ❤❤

It's weird to see your old school uniform in a documentary. <3 My father was one of those who raised the alarm and fought the fire. My mother (who had not long survived the most deadly blizzard England had ever seen) ended up sheltering near Lindisfarne after her brother's house, where she was waiting it out, was threatened. I wasn't thought of then but I am glad for that. What a traumatic day by all accounts.

I was 5 and I remember it too well, I lived in Glenorchy. Even today the smell of bushfire triggers a fear I can't stop.

Yorry

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Believe it or not, there is a lobby gaining momentum here in Western Australia that is attempting to stop fuel reduction burning because they maintain it is bad for the ecosystem. It's worth noting that none of these people have ever encountered a wildfire the likes of which destroyed Dwellingup in 1961, and more recently, Yarloop, in 2016.

i remember getting sent home from .Goulborn st. school. my granddad and family lived up from Cascade Brewery. .he saved his house . we were evacuated to the army base

My best friend’s grandfather was struck and killed by a train as he tried to escape that fire.

Thank you Dave Brill for the footage.

WA has had a lot of rain through it's interior and if previous high rainfall in these regions are any indication we can expect to see some seriously raging uncontained bush fires. Hope the country fire brigade is well equipped and McGowan is prepared for it.

and yet the State continues to vote for the Greens.

88 fires were deliberately lit... very sad...

It’s interesting that fire danger respects the NSW/VIC boarder.

You should give examples of preparedness every single time you give a report.

And then there were the devastating fires in late 2012 and early 2013. As far as I'm aware, no lives were lost due to these fires.

Was talking to my dad about it today....My family lived in Lenah valley. Dad said he will never forget it! He was 19 when it happened.

That fella left the property to escape the fire, but left his dog on a chain? Ruthless.

Back then no one can control the wildfire

Merci mme hepiegne

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i shocked that i never heard bout this Australian tragedy . Absolutely shocking.Looked like a bomb hit .Condolences to all my Australian Countryman who lost their love ones back in 1967. I,am from Darwin n live through Cyclone Tracy. The pouring out money n food n help from Australia was amazing. Looks like the same love n support was shown back then in Tasmania. One thing wrong though. When blackfella was there, they burnt at the right time every year to prevent this type of environmental tragedy. We saw what happen last year yeah. Its going to get way way more extreme. Tasmania is a beautiful n well looked aftre part of Australia , which is a credit to the Tasmanian People. Its just time to implement a strategic burning off method' Dosnt really cost money just time n patient's to learn a age old proven technic that works. It can not be beaten by any scientist that has every lived past or present , its that simply... Try it .. or many many many people will surely suffer a totally preventable disaster in the future . TO SAVE THE FUTURE ....YOU MUST BURN THE PAST...THe past meaning .... the grass land that has already half died. ...Peace to all n stay safe, N ALWATS LOVE YA MUM YA MOB N YA COUNTRY...

Lets hope it's not as awful as this year

Why is there zero mention of the Queensland risk? Is Queensland not part of Australia?

Thanks, this is a great doco.

Ah shit here we go again

I note the "single organization" volunteers and professionals working together. The last two years in Victoria has shown that model completely breaking down. The CFA was originally a largely volunteer organization but as the city grew more and more urban brigades came under the area of the CFA giving more professionals. Now the union based professional organization is largely at war with the volunteers. So the number of volunteers is rapidly falling. Without some change the number of people available in an emergency is only a small fraction of what it had been a decade earlier.

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Just hope anyone who watches this now Doesn’t chain pets It’s a very sad story here but the deaths of chained dogs.... And fires Recall these terrible fires and the impact even on the mainland, unbelievable

My family had moved from Tasmania to the mainland in 1966. My grandparents farm their & our houses were both burnt down just outside Sorell. The school bus driver who took us to school we heard had died in fighting the bush fires 🔥.😢 Thank goodness my grandparents had retired & moved to Hobart to live well before this terrible disaster.

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Good stuff! I like your thinking. Thank you Phil.

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I WAS THERE AT 10 SOUTH HOBART THE ONLY MISTAKE DAD MADE WAS TO LET ME WEAR SANDLES THAT DAY

another amazing video, truly some groundbreaking content

epic video guys keep up the good work!

My father took over as Fire Control Officer after Dwellingup was destroyed was given the Army and "all the resources of the State" by the Goveror General. The fire was still raging and was fuelled by extremely high temperatues and cyclonic winds. The stories of that day and the days after chill me even today. I am very proud of my father.

I spent a number of years growing up in Dwellingup during the 50's and 60's and remember that fire as clearly as it was yesterday. My father was working in the Forestry Dept and was in one of the crews which was recalled to town during the night, but they were unable to get back until early the next morning. Our house was just above the oval and we could hear the people sheltering down there, but not see them because of the smoke and flames. My late Mother organised us boys and we spent the entire night patrolling our yard with buckets of water to put out spot fires and our home was saved. Most of my hair was singed off and I had eye problems for a long time afterwards. I recognise almost everyone in this video, especially the kids as I was only 12 years old at the time and went to school with most of them. It was a very scary time for all of us.

We (at Fairbridge, Pinjarra) used to compete against the Dwellingup kids in football and athletics. Both home and occasionally, away comps. When we visited, it felt like the whole town was made of jarrah. My childhood impression was of everything having an orange hue, including the gravel roads. On blisteringly hot days, it seemed like a tinderbox. It's a testament to the townspeople that there weren't more frequent fires.

my grandparents (on my Dad's side) were living in Strickland Avenue South Hobart at the time, they had to shelter in the base of their chimney while the fire went through, to the day he died (even though he had been in the 2nd world war) my grandfather had nightmares about the bushfires & how they almost died

Reach those councils.

My eldest sister lived at channel highway at Gordon she lost wverything everything