Communities are counting the cost of New Year's Eve bushfires with potentially hundreds of buildings destroyed
Meanwhile major roads, including several parts of the Princes Highway, are likely to remain closed for some time due to hazards.
The two men who died in Cobargo were father and son Robert and Patrick Salway, who were attempting to defend their property."We are broken," she wrote.
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