Cook bought a piece of land in Kinglake in the 1970s, and set about building a mud-brick house filled with the memories of a lifetime.
On February 7 last year, a bushfire swept through the town, wiping it off the map.
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He wants to stay in the town and rebuild, but he says the fact he was uninsured means he won't be able to recreate the home he lost.
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