Pappinbarra bushfire survivor Elizabeth Gough has made big changes

Letitia Fitzpatrick
Updated September 20 2017 - 12:09pm, first published September 15 2017 - 10:59am
Elizabeth Gough beside a burnt tree behind her Pappinbarra home where she and her husband narrowly escaped the devastating February 12 bushfires.
Elizabeth Gough beside a burnt tree behind her Pappinbarra home where she and her husband narrowly escaped the devastating February 12 bushfires.

Elizabeth and Bryan Gough bought their dream home in Pappinbarra three years ago, but no-one told them they needed a plan in case of bushfires.

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Letitia Fitzpatrick

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Senior journalist, Wauchope Gazette

Worked as a journalist and assistant producer for BBC news and current affairs in the UK, Ulster Television, Q Radio and the Irish News in Northern Ireland. Moved to Australia and joined Fairfax Media in 2016. Won a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award in 2018 for reporting the Pappinbarra bushfires and the subsequent Rotary appeal which raised $30,000.

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