i mentioned corryong.t the moment is 110w mallacoota, which at the moment is now also under threat of fire so have embers going into mallacoota at the moment, we have 4000 people on the moment, we have 4000 people on the beach there that are being very well protected by our firefighters. so whether you look from bairnsdale, you look right through to mallacoota, we have had impacts across the whole of east gippsland. as you would imagine it is very early days yet and we don't know, we don't have specific details about property losses. but we do have significant property losses across all of east gippsland. whether that is from closer to bairnsdale through nicholson, reuven, buccan, and right across. “— nicholson, reuven, buccan, and right across. —— bruthen and buchan. we have helicopters flying over and putting in our impac teams and we will have a better idea of losses. at this stage there are significant losses. along with that, we have significant impacts on the road as you would imagine. the princes hi

i mentioned corryong. i now mention mallacoota, which at the moment is also under threat of fire.embers going into mallacoota at the moment, we've got 4,000 people on the beach there that are being very well protected by our firefighters. so whether you look from bairnsdale, you look right through to mallacoota, we've had impacts across the whole of east gippsland. just an date there —— not an update therefrom authorities. —— an update therefrom authorities. —— an update therefrom authorities. david jeffery is the owner of the wave 0asis b&b in mallacoota and hejoins us now. right now, we are down on the foreshore before the inlet and this is where everyone is gathering, but we we re is where everyone is gathering, but we were not like this before. we we re we were not like this before. we were actually all terrified for our lives. we were just below the rock wall and that was where we were going tojump into the wall and that was where we were going to jump into the water if it hits, which thank god it didn't, which was due to a lot of events, due to mainly wind and a lot of praye

i mention corryong, now mention mallacoota, which is now under threat of fire.bers going into malla coota so we have embers going into mallacoota at the moment, we have 4000 people on the beach there that are being very well protected by our firefighters. so whether you look from bairnsdale, you look right through to mallacoota, we've had impacts right across the whole of east gippsland. obviously a very serious situation there. john white is the mayor of east gippsland, and hejoins us from bairnsdale. a note is a difficult time for your area. can you tell us about the people stranded on mallacoota beach? what has happened is mallacoota has only one road in and one rode out to reach the princes highway and two days ago it was told it was too late for them to leave so they needed to remain in their township, which is on the beach. and at this stage that's where they stay and at the moment they are still under threat, but they are not fully impacted. what is the situation in east gippsland generally? it's quite a large portion of victoria. how many fires are you f

i mentioned corryong. i now mention mallacoota, which at the moment is also under threat of fire.o we've got embers going into mallacoota at the moment, we've got 4,000 people on the beach there that are being very well protected by our firefighters. so whether you look from bairnsdale, you look right through to mallacoota, we've had impacts across the whole of east gippsland. that was the situation a few hours ago. david jeffery is the owner of wave 0asis b&b in mallacoota and is one of those stranded on the foreshore. he told us what's been happening. we are down on the foreshore camp park beside the inlet and this is where everyone is gathering, i willjust pan around, but we were not like this before. we were actually all terrified for our lives. we were right beside the loader here. we were just below the rock wall and that was where we were going to jump into the water if the heat had hit, which thank god it didn't, which was due to a lot of events, due to mainly wind and a lot of prayer. we were praying like crazy. we certainly had some answers to the prayer. it sounds like