1/94Above the Cudlee Creek fireground. Picture: CFS
In pictures: Daylight reveals fire’s wake
Life and property has been lost but Adelaide Hills communities are still standing after the devastating fires.
2/94Woodside township, showing the fire getting close to the edges of the town. Picture: CFS
3/94Part of the burnt Freedom Hill Sanctuary. Picture: AAP / Keryn Stevens
4/94Burnt land at a Woodside winery. Picture: AAP / Kelly Barnes
5/94A CFS unit drives down a road at Charleston. Picture: AAP / Kelly Barnes
6/94Asha Watkins and Publican Kath Attrill from the Lobethal Hotel, who were a refuge for people and animals as well as giving out free drinks and food on Friday. Picture: AAP/ Keryn Stevens
7/94SA Power Networks at work on the Cudlee Creek fireground. Picture: SAPN
8/94Strathalbyn Brigade volunteers Luke Sanders, Rodd Brickmann, Ross Melville and Chris Gates. Picture: Tricia Watkinson
9/94Owner Jan Siemelink-Allen in her burnt out vineyard at Barristers Block, Woodside. Picture: Tricia Watkinson
10/94Advertiser photographer Tricia Watkinson gives water to a badly burnt ram near the fireground.
11/94An exhausted Gareth Desmond from Tree Crew takes a break at CFS marshalling area at Oakbank Oval. Picture: Brad Fleet
12/94Cattle in a burnt out paddock on Western Branch Road, Woodside Picture: Brad Fleet
13/94Kingsley Blenkiron at his home destroyed by bushfire at Woodside in the Adelaide Hills. Picture: AAP/ Brenton Edwards
14/94The home of Kingsley Blenkiron, destroyed by bushfire at Woodside in the Adelaide Hill. Picture: AAP/ Brenton Edwards
15/94Residents attend a public information event at Oakbank Area School. Picture: AAP/ Brenton Edwards
16/94Residents attend a public information event at Oakbank Area School. Picture: AAP/ Brenton Edwards
17/94Kingsley Blenkiron at his home destroyed by bushfire at Woodside in the Adelaide Hills. Picture: AAP/ Brenton Edwards
18/94One house on Lobethal Road is destroyed while their neighbours were saved just outside Lobethal. Picture: Brad Fleet
19/94Cattle in a burnt out paddock on Western Branch Road, Woodside Picture: Brad Fleet
20/94Cattle in a burnt out paddock on Farnham Road, Woodside Picture: Brad Fleet
21/94Kerry Northey at his damaged property on Watts rd Picture: Brad Fleet
22/94Destroyed house on Military rd. Picture: Brad Fleet
23/94Stuart Temby at his damaged property on Harrogate rd Picture: Brad Fleet
24/94Geoff Auberts stayed and saved his property on Military rd Picture: Brad Fleet
25/94Kaye Allen stayed and saved her house on Military rd. Picture: Brad Fleet
26/94Kaye Allen stayed and saved her house on Military rd. Picture: Brad Fleet
27/94Destroyed house on Military rd. Picture: Brad Fleet
28/94Brukunga resident Jennifer House has a look at damage on Pyrites Rd. Picture: Brad Fleet
29/94Geoff and Lachlan Auberts at their property on Watts Rd. Picture: Brad Fleet
30/94Geoff Auberts stayed and saved his property on Military Rd. Picture: Brad Fleet
31/94Destroyed house on Pyrites Rd. Picture: Brad Fleet
32/94Destroyed house on Pyrites Rd. Picture: Brad Fleet
33/94Destroyed tractor on Military Rd. Picture: Brad Fleet
34/94Geoff Auberts stayed and saved his property on Military Rd Picture: Brad Fleet
35/94Alpacas that were saved on Jim Franklin-McEvoy’a bushfire damaged Woodside property in the Adelaide Hills. Picture: AAP/Brenton Edwards
36/94Jim Franklin-McEvoy on his bushfire damaged Woodside property in the Adelaide Hills. Picture: AAP/ Brenton Edwards
37/94Bushfire at Woodside in the Adelaide Hills. Picture: AAP/ Brenton Edwards)
38/94Bushfire at Woodside: Picture: AAP/ Brenton Edwards
39/94Trevor Kerber standing on the former CFS water bomber airstrip with his destroyed home in the background at Woodside in the Adelaide Hills. Picture: AAP/ Brenton Edwards
40/94The bushfire lapped at the homes of the Woodside township in the Adelaide Hills. Picture: AAP/ Brenton Edwards
41/94Trevor Kerber and his destroyed home Woodside in the Adelaide Hills. His home is at the former CFS water bomber airstrip. Picture: AAP/ Brenton Edwards
42/94The bushfire lapped at the homes of the Woodside township in the Adelaide Hills. Picture: AAP/ Brenton Edwards
43/94Jim Franklin-McEvoy on his bushfire damaged Woodside property in the Adelaide Hills, Saturday, December 21, 2019. His house was saved but this 120 year old fence was destroyed. Picture: AAP/ Brenton Edwards
44/94Trevor Kerber his destroyed home Woodside in the Adelaide Hills, Saturday, December 21, 2019. His home is at the former CFS water bomber airstrip. Picture: AAP/ Brenton Edwards
45/94Woodside/Brukunga properties devastated with major lossesloses to homes and animals. Picture: Tricia Watkinson
46/94Woodside/Brukunga properties devastated with major lossesloses to homes and animals. Picture: Tricia Watkinson
47/94Woodside/Brukunga properties devastated with major lossesloses to homes and animals. Picture: Tricia Watkinson
48/94Woodside/Brukunga properties devastated with major losses to homes and animals. Picture: Tricia Watkinson
49/94Woodside/Brukunga properties devastated with major lossesloses to homes and animals. Picture: Tricia Watkinson
50/94Woodside/Brukunga properties devastated with major losses to homes and animals. Picture: Tricia Watkinson
51/94Woodside/Brukunga properties devastated with major losses to homes and animals. Picture: Tricia Watkinson
52/94Woodside/Brukunga properties devastated with major lossesloses to homes and animals. Picture: Tricia Watkinson
53/94A fire-ravaged property at Lenswood. Picture: Dean Martin
54/94Signs of fire damage at Lenswood. Picture: Dean Martin
55/94The damage in the wake of the Cudlee Creek fire. Picture: Tait Schmaal
56/94The damage in the wake of the Cudlee Creek fire. Picture: Tait Schmaal
57/94Locals go to work tackling fires amid catastrophic conditions. Picture: Tait Schmaal
58/94Evelyn Pearse of Lenswood – the fire damaged their property but not their house. Picture: Dean Martin
59/94Evelyn Pearse of Lenswood – the fire damaged their property but not their house. Picture: Dean Martin
60/94A bleak scorched landscape at Lenswood. Picture: Dean Martin
61/94Deadwood burns at Cudlee Creek. Picture: Tait Schmaal
62/94Smoke rises from the Cudlee Creek blaze. Picture: Tait Schmaal
63/94A firefighter pictured in front of flames at Cudlee Creek. Picture: Tait Schmaal
64/94A structure burns at Cudlee Creek. Picture: Tait Schmaal
65/94More smoke over Cudlee Creek. Picture: Tait Schmaal
66/94CFS firefighters at Cudlee Creek. Picture: Tait Schmaal
67/94Wendy Nitschke feared for her home on Neudorf Rd, Lobethal. Picture: Tait Schmaal
68/94A firefighter rests. Picture: Tait Schmaal
69/94Country Fire Service firefighters pictured at the Cudlee Creek fire.
70/94Smoke and flames seen in the bush at Cudlee Creek. Picture: Tait Schmaal
71/94A Country Fire Service member speaks with a Metropolitan Fire Service member amid smoke. Picture: Tait Schmaal
72/94Livestock pictured at Cudlee Creek as fire approaches. Picture: Tait Schmaal
73/94A CFS firefighter battles a fire as it runs across a paddock near a home on Ridge Road at Woodside. Picture: AAP Image/Kelly Barnes
74/94CFS firefighters put out fires on Jacaranda Drive at Woodside. Picture: AAP Image/Kelly Barnes
75/94Residents put out spot fires on Station Road in Woodside. Picture: AAP Image/Kelly Barnes
76/94Smoke from the Cuddle Creek fire over Woodside. Picture: AAP Image/Kelly Barnes
77/94CFS firefighters are seen on Jacaranda Drive at Woodside in the Adelaide Hills in Adelaide, Friday, December 20, 2019. Picture: AAP Image/Kelly Barnes
78/94CFS firefighters put out fires on Jacaranda Drive at Woodside in the Adelaide Hills in Adelaide, Friday, December 20, 2019. Picture: AAP Image/Kelly Barnes
79/94Residents put out spot fires on Station Road in Woodside in the Adelaide Hills in Adelaide, Friday, December 20, 2019. Picture: AAP Image/Kelly Barnes
80/94Residents put out spot fires on Station Road in Woodside in the Adelaide Hills in Adelaide, Friday, December 20, 2019. Picture: AAP Image/Kelly Barnes
81/94Smoke from the Cuddle Creek fire is seen over Woodside in the Adelaide Hills in Adelaide, Friday, December 20, 2019. Picture: AAP Image/Kelly Barnes
82/94A Woodside resident battles a fire as it crosses Ridge Road at Woodside. Picture: AAP Image/Kelly Barnes
83/94A burnt-out house on Ridge Road at Woodside. Picture: AAP Image/Kelly Barnes
84/94A burnt-out house on Ridge Road at Woodside. Picture: AAP Image/Kelly Barnes
85/94Bushfire at Cudlee Creek.
86/94Bushfire at Cudlee Creek.
87/94Smoke is seen from a bushfire near Cudlee Creek.
88/94Smoke is seen from a bushfire near Cudlee Creek.
89/94Bushfire at Cudlee Creek, December 20, 2019.
90/94Angle Vale bushfire which burnt in a South East direction towards Munno Para Downs. CFS members from Sheoak Log mop up. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe
91/94Husband and wife team Marcus and Deb Newlands from Woolsheds CFS cool off after fighting the northern suburbs fire. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe
92/94The Angle Vale bushfire which burnt towards Munno Para Downs. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe
93/94The Angle Vale bushfire which burnt towards Munno Para Downs. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe
94/94Structures were destroyed on a property in Angle Vale. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe
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