Strathewen

As noted in yesterday's post, recent wombat rescue calls to St Andrews and Strathewen have made real the devastation of February's Black Saturday. Strathewen is a tiny community tucked several kilometres from any main road. Amidst rolling hills and green paddocks it's staggering to consider that 27 people from this bucolic village of only 200 were killed. I arrived in Strathewen as a grey sky dissolved into the blackness of the scorched, silent terrain (above).
Driving to Strathewen I passed this paddock full of resting 'roos.
The road turned from green to brown, then black (below).


There may be nothing more beautiful than bright green spreading over black.
Remains of a large Strathewen home.
Just beside the roadside sat the remains of this small house. These photos were taken and are posted here with the utmost respect for the people of Strathewen who lost everything but hopefully did not lose their lives. The victims of that terrible day should never be forgotten.