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

 

Severe storms and fire are a part of life on Kangaroo Island. But the firestorms that blasted across the Island&rsquo;s landscape in January 2022 were unlike anything ever seen before, and forbode of a changing climate.
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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?
&nbsp;
When Lightning Strikes Twice is made in Tribute to Sarah Strong- Law.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Content warning this feature contains stories from the 2019/2020 Fires. &nbsp;
 
Guests:
Jayne Bates
Brenton Davis
Sabrina Davis
Margi Prideaux
Sarah Strong-Law
Alice Teasdale
&nbsp;
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
&nbsp;
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.
&nbsp;
From the Embers Season 2: Phoenix is supported by The Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas, The Paul Ramsay Foundation, Monash University&rsquo;s Fire to Flourish program and The Minderoo Foundation Fire and Flood Resilience Initiative and broadcast across Australia via the Community Radio Network
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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.

From The Embers

From The Embers - Stories from the Australian Bushfire Crisis

Lightning storms and fire are considered a part of life on Kangaroo Island. But the firestorms that blasted across the landscape in January 2020 were unlike anything ever seen before, and forbode of a changing climate. Two years on following COVID lockdowns and with tourist numbers climbing back up, 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? A content warning and a heads up for bush fire affected listeners - this feature contains stories from the 2019/2020 Fires.

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