Mrs Mitchell remained positive even when 'eight-foot high' flames started rushing across her pastures. She knew that 'once it got into the mowed area it would be simple to put out'.
An 88-year-old woman is sitting on a quad bike surrounded by hectares of her fire-ravaged land."I'm always positive," she says.
"The police came and evacuated everyone but I stayed because everything's mowed around and I thought I was pretty right," she says.Mrs Mitchell remained positive even when "8-foot high" flames started rushing across her pastures. She knew that "once it got into the mowed area it would be simple to put out".
The Western Downs have been a key concern: 58 homes were destroyed in Tara before Dalveen became the focus of attention on Wednesday.Except for one moment: when she was standing at the gate of a paddock staring a "huge wall of flame" and calling for her cattle.Mrs Mitchell had been opening every gate on her property to allow her cows to escape; she "didn't care if they went on the highway or where they went".
The cattle now live in the 100-yard square of unburnt land around Mrs Mitchell's house grazing on hay her "kind neighbours" brought over.The fences were destroyed in the blaze, along with fields and the precious grass they held.Mrs Mitchell hopes she won't be forced to sell the cows: Prices are low right now, and that'd be another blow.She'll be able to shift stock, rearrange things.
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