The roads to Omeo were closed as fires surged towards the small East Gippsland town.

Locals retreated to the Recreation Reserve to camp in outbuildings and halls clustered around the football field.

Then out of the heavy smoke, birds appeared, Chinooks and Black Hawks offering an escape to some of the community.

This is the final episode of Season One of From the Embers, a nine-part series sharing first-hand accounts from Australia’s devastating summer of fire. 

Guests: 
Natalie O’Connell
Leonie Pendergast
Ann Peterson
Dennis and Jill Riethmiller
Graeme Symons

Credits:
Producer: Anne Wall
Additional assistance Alice Ansara and Lisa Burns
Executive Producer and Sound Design: Sarah Mashman
Production Management Team: Vicky Rouse and Abe Killian
Engineering: Tegan Nichols
Script Consultation: Zoe Ferguson
Theme: Oliver Beard

This podcast has been brought to you by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia, and is supported by The Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas and The Paul Ramsay Foundation

 

The roads to Omeo were closed as fires surged towards the small East Gippsland town.
Locals retreated to the Recreation Reserve to camp in outbuildings and halls clustered around the football field.
Then out of the heavy smoke, birds appeared, Chinooks and Black Hawks offering an escape to some of the community.
This is the final episode of Season One of From the Embers, a nine-part series sharing first-hand accounts from Australia&rsquo;s devastating summer of fire.&nbsp;
Guests:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Natalie O&rsquo;Connell</li>
<li>Leonie Pendergast</li>
<li>Ann Peterson</li>
<li>Dennis and Jill Riethmiller</li>
<li>Graeme Symons</li>
</ul>
Credits:
<ul>
<li>Producer: Anne Wall</li>
<li>Additional assistance Alice Ansara and Lisa Burns</li>
<li>Executive Producer and Sound Design: Sarah Mashman</li>
<li>Production Management Team: Vicky Rouse and Abe Killian</li>
<li>Engineering: Tegan Nichols</li>
<li>Script Consultation: Zoe Ferguson</li>
<li>Theme: Oliver Beard</li>
</ul>
This podcast has been brought to you by the <a href="https://www.cbaa.org.au/">Community Broadcasting Association of Australia</a>, and is supported by <a href="https://jninstitute.org/">The Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas</a> and <a href="https://paulramsayfoundation.org.au/">The Paul Ramsay Foundation</a>
&nbsp;

In 2020, the first series of From the Embers premiered, focusing on communities across Australia who had faced fire and smoke and homes destroyed in what was one of the most difficult summers has ever seen, the 2019-20 bushfire season.

In 2022, From the Embers 2: Phoenix returns to several places featured in the first series, including Mallacoota, Kangaroo Island, and the forests of the Far north of New South Wales to explore how communities are recovering from the fires and the issues that stem from trauma and isolation, coupled with the strength gained when so much is lost.

This series will also visit new communities who are recovering from floods and seemingly never ending COVID lockdowns.

Created in partnership with community radio stations, and the generous support of the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas, Paul Ramsay Foundation, The Minderoo Foundation Fire and Flood Resilience Initiative, and the Monash University's Fire To Flourish program.

In 2020, the first series of From the Embers premiered, focusing on communities across Australia who had faced fire and smoke and homes destroyed in what was one of the most difficult summers has ever seen, the 2019-20 bushfire season.
In 2022, From the Embers 2: Phoenix returns to several places featured in the first series, including Mallacoota, Kangaroo Island, and the forests of the Far north of New South Wales to explore how communities are recovering from the fires and the issues that stem from trauma and isolation, coupled with the strength gained when so much is lost.
This series will also visit new communities who are recovering from floods and seemingly never ending COVID lockdowns.
Created in partnership with community radio stations, and the generous support of <a href="https://jninstitute.org/">the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas</a>, <a href="https://paulramsayfoundation.org.au/">Paul Ramsay Foundation</a>, <a href="https://www.minderoo.org/fire-and-flood-resilience/">The Minderoo Foundation Fire and Flood Resilience Initiative</a>, and the <a href="https://www.monash.edu/msdi/initiatives/fire-to-flourish">Monash University's Fire To Flourish program</a>.

Visit the very heart of nine communities affected by the recent Australian bushfire crisis.

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