2013 reflections video View the video produced in 2013 by the CFA and Surf Coast Shire Council to mark 30 years since the fires.
Media clips from the day Impact on the Otways and Surf Coast area – a compilation of news reports, interviews and pictures of the fire and immediate aftermath.Produced by Surf Coast Shire Council and CFA for the 30th anniversary in 2013.
Photos from Ash Wednesday Pics from the Ash Wednesday bushfires in the Surf Coast 1983. Most images courtesy of the Keith Cecil Family Collection.
Program from the Ash Wednesday event Download a PDF of the program handed out at the event (clicking this link will automatically download the file).
MEDIA RELEASE - Ash Wednesday Remembered More than 200 people from across the region attended the Surf Coast Shire Council commemorative event at Aireys Inlet Community Centre where survivors reflected on brutal experience and loss alongside community strength and recovery.
Firefighter Leon Armistead “I’d driven from the sea to the fire. We didn’t really know what the story was, anything really, and this wall of fire is coming at me. A complete wall of fire.”