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The Day the Apocalypse Came to Batemans Bay

New Year’s Eve 2019 was shaping up to be a busy summer’s day at Malua Bay on the NSW Far South Coast. The forecast was for hot weather and holidaymakers were preparing to hit the beach to cool off. 

Bateman’s Bay Surf Life Saving Club volunteers couldn’t have anticipated the bushfires that would ravage their community that day and the pivotal role they would play in saving thousands of lives.