Tasmania bushfires: Fishermen step in to help

Large fires continue to burn out of control in Tasmania, and with many of the affected communities on the Tasmanian peninsula cut off by road, boats are the only way to transport supplies in, and ferry passengers out. Luke Waters reports.

PM to visit as Tasmania bushfires continue — No fatalities have been recorded so far in bushfires across Tasmania, police officials say.

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Published 7 January 2013 7:32pm

Updated 3 September 2013 6:14pm

By Luke Waters

Source: SBS

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Large fires continue to burn out of control in Tasmania, and with many of the affected communities on the Tasmanian peninsula cut off by road, boats are the only way to transport supplies in, and ferry passengers out.

Luke Waters spoke to some of the people affected, and to some of the Tasmanians recreational fishermen who volunteered to help.

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