Presentation for English language classes about the Bushfires in Australia in 2009.

1. Australia Bushfires “Black Saturday” Saturday 7th February 2009

3. http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/bushfires/map.htm

4. Satellite photo of smoke spreading out from the bushfires in southeastern Australia January 30th

5. http://www.abc.net.au/news/photos/2009/02/06/2484555.htm Kinglake Bunyip Churchhill Dargo Saturday 7th February 2009

6. Satellite photo of a southerly wind blowing the smoke from the fires northwards on the afternoon of February 9th

7. Kinglake, 55km nordøst fra Melbourne 8.februar 2009 http://www.abc.net.au/news/photos/2009/02/06/2484555.htm

8. Kingslake 46km northeast of Melbourne February 8th

9. Smoldering hay balls

10. A row of ”battle weary” CFA uniforms hang at Hurstbridge, north-east of Melbourne, after seeing the intense action during the Victorian bushfires

11. CFA crews at Stanley quickfill dam in northern Victoria February 8th.

12. Three members of the Trentham Fire Brigade wait for the fire front to climb the steep escarpment at Redesdale, Victoria 7th February

13. Two water bombing helicopters fill up in a dam near Churchill in the Gippsland region of Victoria

14. Bunyip State Park near Labertouche, 125km east of Melbourne February 7th

15. Smoke billows from the bushfires at Yarra Glen 9th February

16. Generosity of the shops in Kingslake

17. Wall of flames. In seconds the tress are incinerated. Bunyip

18. The Beechwood fire rips through bushland near the north-east Victorian town of Dederang February 9th

19. The bushfire at Wilson Promontory, south east of Melbourne, lights up the night sky at 11 pm on the 10th February

20. A burnt Australian flag – lowered for the lives that had already been lost.

21. Craig Kidd looks at the melted metal of the alloy wheels from the vehicles on his property in Bendigo

22. Forensic investigators walk next to a fire truck in the town of Kingslake

23. Destroyed cars sit before the ruins of a building in Narbethong, north of Melbourne, February 12th 2009

24. The remains of the houses in Marysville, destroyed by the bushfires

25. Marysville Primary School. Luckily the fire was on a Saturday.

26. Human cost

27. Animals

28. A koala caught in the Victorian bushfires sits beside the road near Whittlesea, north of Melbourne, on February 15th, 2009. It was taken to an animal shelter and was able to recover

29. The foot of a koala saved from the bushfires in Gippsland

30. A possum with very badly burnt paws and tail, and suffering from smoke inhalation

31. A pygmy possum caught in the bushfires