A timely change in the wind saved Charlie Clarke's cattle farm from devastation during the Black Summer bushfires of 2019. On the Scenic Rim, west of the Gold Coast, fire bans have been enforced early in the season, and on Mr Clarke's Beechmont smallholding, the lack of rain has stunted the grass pastures. Past experiences prepare residents Bushfires that swept …
Six New South Wales schools are closed as hot and windy conditions set in across large parts of the state, while the recovery effort from a large fire still burning on the state's Far South Coast begins. Key points: Six total fire bans are in place amid extreme fire danger for five NSW regions Nearly 50 fires are already burning …