From the Embers Season 1 Trailer

CBAA's documentary series From the Embers, takes listeners to the very heart of nine communities affected by the recent bushfire crisis. From the Embers is an important reminder to us all of the essential role that storytelling plays in ensuring we allow those affected to be honoured and heal witho…

Radio Saves the Day

A transistor radio and couple of batteries kept people connected during the bushfires as they listened to the constant emergency alerts.  But in between the official messages are the human ones.  Five presenters working across two regions share their experience of the recent summer of fire and wha…

Home and Housed

Early data placed the number of wildlife lost in the recent bushfires at over a billion. The impact of Australia’s recent fire season on wildlife has been devastating. Before the fires hit their zenith, wildlife carers and rescuers- some defending their homes and properties at the same time, were …

The Mosquito Army

Early in the bushfire season, the town of Mongarlowe was encircled by flames and cut off from outside support. The town was facing encroaching fires so vast and severe that in other circumstances support teams of extra fire trucks and crews, emergency services and much more would have been sent to…

The Fire and the Flood

People move to Cooma for the landscape, to walk through forests, to farm, to be embraced in a small community that welcomes outsiders But in the summer of 2019, danger was lurking in the hills around Cooma and as the year  ticked over, Cooma was visited by an unexpected disaster. Guests: Yvi (ev…

Records, Pets and Knickers

When a fast-moving fire started in Cudlee Creek in the Adelaide Hills, residents throughout the region had to stop, drop what they were doing and return to their homes to defend, evacuate, or take shelter. If they chose to flee to safety, they faced another tough decision - what to take with them …

The Glowing Island

Kangaroo Island is the oldest bee sanctuary in the world and home to one of the last disease-free koala populations in Australia.  At the end of 2019, two lightning strikes lit up the bushland at Flinders Chase National Park, resulting in uncontrollable firestorms that tore across the island at sp…

Shelter at the Beach

First the road closed. Then on the morning of New Years Day, night came and the skies turned red. Images from the coastal town of Mallacoota went viral as thousands of people sheltered on the wharf, the beach and in the caravan park that overlooks the lake. And during that time, the community radi…

Should I Stay or Should I Go

What does a “properly defended” house look like? Is it a bunker in a hill? A mop and bucket at every corner? Do you just need a hose and access to a tap?  Across Australia during the bushfire season, a repeated message is that people should only stay if they’re prepared to fight the fires,, but as…

Bird in the Sky

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 blackhawks offering an escape to some of…