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‘It’s miraculous’: Owners say cultural burning saved their property
Phil Sheppard watched with trepidation as a giant blaze approached his beloved Hunter Valley property outside Laguna, near Cessnock.
The Aboriginal elder had poured his heart and soul into Ngurrumpaa – an isolated 160-acre bushland property with a main house and several huts, offering cultural camps for tourists and Indigenous youth.
- Ella Archibald-Binge and Rhett Wyman
- The Sydney Morning Herald
Three weeks ago, he and other owners were forced to evacuate, helplessly watching online as the Gospers Mountain fire converged with the Little L Complex fire and appeared to …