Bronwyn & Patrick 
Humevale, Vic.
Humevale, Vic.
From the moment we found it out it has just been a continual feeling of numbness and shock that we lost our dad and our mum and our brother, our dogs and also our way of life.
Wes
Strathewen, Vic.
Strathewen, Vic.
Twenty seven people died in Strathewen. It only had a population of a couple of hundred. That's just had a devastating impact.
Since Black Saturday I've only been back three times. The first time I missed the drive way it was like a warzone. All those memories came flooding back.
Steve
Wandong, Vic.
Wandong, Vic.
I would have difficulty accepting some of the things I witnessed had someone else told them to me.
Reg & Mary
Marysville, Vic.
Marysville, Vic.
We're not lucky to be alive, we are lucky to survive. The things that made us alive were our home, our collections, our hobbies, our town and most of all, our friends who had died.
To face each day living in a caravan, it's very tiring. One of the things that was hard to cope with was looking outside the caravan window at what was left of my house.
