The devastation across South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria has been difficult to comprehend for many.
Reporter Hamish Macdonald has been at Bateman’s Bay on the NSW South Coast which has been surrounded by fires.
He spoke to Margaret Brus who lost her home in the blazes on New Year’s Eve.
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