A big thank you to all the ground and air fire-fighters and their supporting Emergency Services personnel who have done such great work at Hepburn Springs in recent days. No persons or
houses were lost.
Eugene von Guerard pictured the scene Break Neck Gorge at Hepburn Springs (with Elevated Plains to either side) in 1864. The update below shows the western edge of the fire-blackened area, bordered now by Sunday's reTARdant landscape paintover.
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It was an awesome experience to see the Avro RJ85pink-bellied bomber fly loud and low directly overhead.
Low-level fire bombing as an Avro RJ85 air tanker comes in under the tree height to combat the fires north of Hepburn. Photo by Brendan McCarthy, from Bendigo Advertiser Thoughts of Colin McCahon's great JET OUT drawings. Below, his Boy, I would say GET OUT, from Easter 1973, with a local update by FIAPCE.
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