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VCC Bushfire Report 1-Mar-2006 At 10:33:20 AM Brodie

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Missed this thread, beleive me they dont give a toss about the land/ home owners that have properties along the park. I have properties off roses gap road. As mentioned in one other post, in the last fires they destroyed alot of our property with the dozers. They dont care about the flora and fauna, they dont care about you the climbers. The people who are involved with the controll of the fires are directed by others, who in alot of cases know very little about the enviroment. They sit on their machines and push over the trees.

There could be a bit of favourtism re one property on the roses gap road, the owners of this proerty give dollars to local clubs so I can see this place being saved and yes that is the word. As for the rest of the people all around roses gap road, smiths road, we are classed as greenies , the locals would deally love us to go.

If they had used water bombers early in the fire then it would not have spread as quickly. The fire was so intense apparently far more intense than the 1939 fires wihich none of us were around to see.