Category - Bushfire

Bushfires and floods are a recurring, regular feature on the South Coast. Every one is unique, every one impacts the area differently. The 1925 flood of the Moruya River was one that broke all records. It overtopped the Moruya Bridge by two feet (0.7 metres), inundated the town and the flood plains north of the river, and swept the Bermagui, a 144-foot, 400-ton coastal steamer, over a retaining wall on the riverbank and into the town’s swimming hole...

A report in the Sydney Morning Herald of the devastating January 1952 bushfires...

When petroleum became scarce in World War II, motorists turned to charcoal-burning producer gas units...