Trav Ledger's fast-paced story keeps us on the edge of our seats as he describes the progress of the 2019-20 fires in a couple of locations from the point of view of an experienced CFA volunteer from Wangaratta coming into the Alpine region to fight the catastrophic fires. One of many powerful moments he shares with us is that, although he was inspired to join the CFA by the Black Saturday fires in 2009, he and his crew had not lost houses in the previous fires they had fought. The loss of many houses this time was devastating for them. 

'I've let it go; it was like, we're only a team; we can't do the impossible. And we gave it our best, and we passed it in some ways and failed in others. But it is what it is. I feel the loss of those people. But I know now that our crew did all they could, and they were so invested like I said, that they wouldn't have tried any harder if it was their own home.' 

Bio

Although a long way from the ocean he is a keen scuba diver, having undertaken 150+ dives in Australia and overseas.

He is married to Brooke and has two children Tom,12 and Ivy, 9. He works in the family business of training racehorses. 

It was the 2009 Black Saturday fires that inspired him to joined the CFA, joining Killawarra Brigade late in 2009.

Contact

travisledger@bigpond.com

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