Parts of Victoria face worst bushfire threat since Black Saturday left 173 people dead,with years of drought turning parts of the state into a tinderbox.
Alice Bishop's stories capture trauma and grief as well as love and healing.
10 years ago the Black Saturday bushfires engulfed Victoria,causing widespread devastation. We remember the tragedy with these articles from the archives.
Ten years after the Black Saturday fires,we speak to some of the survivors about the day that changed their lives forever.
The next time we have a summer scorcher,picture yourself in the great Australian bush,and ask yourself:what have you learnt?
Luckily,the Black Saturday fires didn't reach us in the part of Victoria we were staying in. Lucky,because I hadn't really taken them seriously.
Despite a decade of reforms to the way we manage bushfire risk,another day like Black Saturday could lead to similar numbers of deaths,a top bushfire expert says.
Leaders of the state and the nation and residents of little towns in the hills and plains gathered at the Royal Exhibition Building to remember Black Saturday.
Black Saturday survivor Melanie Harris-Brady says she would not be alive today if not for a man who directed her away from the inferno at Kinglake.
The Black Saturday bushfires,which ultimately robbed 180 people of their lives,are believed to represent the largest such loss of life in Australian history.
Six young people from Kinglake featured in exhibition to mark the Black Saturday bushfires.