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Living in the line of the Alpine Fires
Photographer Eddie Jim is in Australia's iconic high country and Alpine regions where landscapes are still ablaze with bushfires. This summer, neither the beach nor the mountains are safe for residents or holiday makers and firefighters continue to fight these out of control fires.
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A forrest fire between Tooma and Tumbarumba, NSW. 10 January 2020. Credit:Eddie Jim
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A forest fire between Tooma and Tumbarumba, NSW this afternoon, 10 January 2020. Credit:Eddie Jim
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Sarah Whiteley at her farm in Tooma.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Alby Maras, Ginjellic fire captain at the Jingellic showground. Credit:Eddie Jim
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Lake Hume covers in smoke haze caused by a bush fire.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Kiewa resident Heather Hall walks her dogs Gus and Bonnie, at Lake Hume which covers in thick smoke haze caused by the fires. Credit:Eddie Jim
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A farm on Lake Road near Lake Hume covers in smoke haze caused by bush fires. Credit:Eddie Jim
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Kiewa resident Heather Hall walks her dogs Gus and Bonnie, at Lake Hume which covers in thick smoke haze caused by the fire. 10 January 2020. The Age News. Photo: Eddie Jim.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Aaron Hampton from Cudgewa with his dogs Mishka and Dobbie cooling off at the river next to the Nariel Creek folk festival camp site.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Farmers in fire affected areas moving their livestock out of the danger zones.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Kris Mackay, owner of the Tooma Inn. She helps to prepare lunch for the volunteers. Credit:Eddie Jim
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A forest fire in between Tooma and Tumbarumba, NSW.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Sandi Grieve (L) and Sue Martin (R) both from Victoria Ambulance at the Jingellic showground.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Mark and his daughter Kylee comfort each other in front of the remains of the property.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Mark Brooks, 60, lived in a house (now destroyed) in Upper Thowgla valley near Corryong. He works as a maintenance officer at the Corryong hospital. Credit:Eddie Jim
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Mark Brooks, 60, is dwarfed (at front of frame) by the wreckage of his burnt out home in Upper Thowgla valley near Corryong.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Mark's property was completely destroyed by fires Credit:Eddie Jim
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Mark Brooks' Upper Thowgla valley home near Corryong was completely destroyed. Credit:Eddie Jim
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Mark's tractor melted into two halves in the fires.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Mark Brooks lived in this house (now completely destroyed by fire) in Upper Thowgla valley near Corryong.Credit:Eddie Jim