Great Australian Bushfire Stories

Great Australian Bushfire Stories is a collection of remarkable tales from all around Australia that tell of our country's fiercest natural phenomenon: the bushfire.

Farmers, landowners, firefighters and city dwellers share with ABC journalist Ian Mannix their experiences of fires: preparing for them, fighting them, and the heartbreak task of mopping up when their best efforts failed.

Some stories are funny, some are tragic, many courageous, but all are testimony to the ingenuity and grit of human beings as they fight to save their homes, their towns and, in some cases, their lives.