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‘Fire is to our south, west and north, the sea’s the only clear front’

‘Fire is to our south, west and north, the sea’s the only clear front’

In 2019, Australia was burning. In this extract from Bronwyn Adcock’s new book, she describes how she dealt with the physical and mental stresses.

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t’s 3am on the last day of 2019, and I go from asleep to suddenly awake, heart racing.

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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/policy/energy-and-climate/fire-is-to-our-south-west-and-north-the-sea-is-the-only-clear-front-20210910-p58qnb