Severe storms and fire are a part of life on Kangaroo Island. But the firestorms that blasted across the Island’s landscape in January 2022 were unlike anything ever seen before, and forbode of a changing climate.

Two years on, birds and mammals are only just starting to return to fire-ravaged habitats, and a question looms over the community - what will come when the fire siren rings again?

When Lightning Strikes Twice is made in Tribute to Sarah Strong- Law. 

Content warning this feature contains stories from the 2019/2020 Fires.  

Guests:

Jayne Bates

Brenton Davis

Sabrina Davis

Margi Prideaux

Sarah Strong-Law

Alice Teasdale

Credits:

Producer: Lisa Burns

Executive producer and sound design: Sarah Mashman

Engineer: Tegan Nichols

Theme composer: Oliver Beard

Management: Abe Killian and Sime Knezevic

In co-operation with KIX FM, Kangaroo Island

This podcast was made on lands of significance to the Ngarrindjeri-Ramindjeri, Kaurna and Narungga peoples and the land of the muwinina people from Country around nipaluna. These lands were never ceded.

From the Embers Season 2: Phoenix is supported by The Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas, The Paul Ramsay Foundation, Monash University’s Fire to Flourish program and The Minderoo Foundation Fire and Flood Resilience Initiative and broadcast across Australia via the Community Radio Network