19 Then And Now Photos Of Australia Show How Much Damage The Fires Have Already Done

Around one third of the island has been destroyed and a huge amount of koalas that are the only known chlamydia disease free colony in Australia. And sadly 2 lives lost, thousands evacuated, over 50 homes destroyed. There are only 2 places accessible for anyone and that is Kingscote and Penneshaw which are the closest areas to the ferry if a mass evacuation is needed. We have a fleet of public volunteers on the mainland on the ready if reinforcements are needed.

The land will recover, with rain and time: but the animals are tragically gone. 😭

Kangaroo Island depends upon tourism, and most of the scenery that people come to visit has been destroyed - but there are still vineyards and lavender farms that have avoided the fires, there are still the seals and dolphins to see, there are still pristine beaches and excellent food, wine, honey products, seafood and many other reasons to visit the island that is 4400 km2 (bigger than Rhode Island). Come visit, maybe next year there will be some growth recovery

I am at loss of words!😢

Fuuuuuuuuuck.

Looks like Mars... :(

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:-(

My heart goes out to all the victimized animals.😰 Stupid Aussies re-elected the Morrison government and helped killing animals and damaging the environment. “Every nation has the government it deserves.” AwfulStralia doesn't deserve that part of the planet.🤬 I just hope even stupid Aussies now realize what’s really happening and regret. But, this may well be just the beginning of the end.👿

you cant rebuild animals they dont just get redorn when you say you come and we dont make them we brake them so what we need to do is look after them not money people need to see that we cant keep doing this

I am crying. I went there on a tour, it was so beautiful.

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Very very sad, but they will rebuild it.

In case anyone is worried about the animals in Mogo zoo they are all safe.

The keepers did a fantastic job, and helped keep the flames at bay. All the animals are safe.

I fed those very giraffes a while back

ok butt still it is still bad

These break my heart

The owner of this house needs to share their good ju-ju with the rest of Australia!

why wouldn't it be standing?

But none of the support utilities such as electric and water. That infrastructure is gone.

Just look at the color of the trees that survived the burn, they will be scarred and hopefully the heat didn't scar them so much that they cannot recover!

It so sad most of the buildings are gone:(

u h o h

Loved Cobargo and never wanted to move. Married at the pub, honeymoon in Mallacoota

That's really disheartening 😢 such a priceless loss.

It will take a lot of money, and effort to rebuild .

Wondered about this bridge . Always a rest stop .

History gone, and concrete will replace it no doubt.

unbelieveable

This is just so saddening to see. Everything is so red and it's horrifying to think that this is actually happening while most other people sit cozy in their homes, utterly oblivious.

so red.. looks supernatural but it isnt..

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There haven't been fires in Canberra (yet). This photo just shows the smoke that's settled on the capital

It looks like that pond was used to save the trees....

My heart goes out to all the victimized animals.😰 Stupid Aussies re-elected the Morrison government and helped killing animals and damaging the environment. “Every nation has the government it deserves.” AwfulStralia doesn't deserve that part of the planet.🤬 I just hope even stupid Aussies now realize what’s really happening and regret. But, this may well be just the beginning of the end.👿

Bloody heartbreaking 😭😭

Hmm trees still got leaves and look untouched, but house is gone!