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Peter 'CFA Volunteer' the Poet from Flowerdale 
Monday, 23 February, 2009, 13:16 - >Misc Chat
Posted by ned
The fires in southern Australia (Feb-09) are the worst on Australian record.
For full news coverage see here http://abc.net.au/news/events/bushfires


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Peter is from Flowerdale and miraculously his house survived even though he and his local fire crew were miles away fighting the fire somewhere else.

When he arrived home after four days on the truck, he turned to poetry to try and get his feelings out.



Have a listen to Peter's story and poem.
Audio download here: http://abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2009/2493232



(transcript on this blog soon)

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