We took a drive up to the Alpine region where the horrible bushfires happened 6 months ago. On a cold, rainy winters day, and since most of the rubble has been cleaned up, it was really impossible to appreciate just how awful it must have been.  Six months along, landholders are still bulldozing piles of fallen trees and burning the wood to clear their properties. It was amazing how much regrowth has already sprouted up though. 

From the cockpit...

What used to be someone's front yard & mail box.  If I remember correctly, the spray painted circle with and X through it on the rusted box were symbols used as salvage crews painstakingly searched every property and indicated if any remains were recovered. 

Whole neighbourhoods were flattened