Jul 24, 2026 · 39 min · 11 segments
"*I didn't get to Dad's until 12:30am Friday. I’ll never forget coming over the hill I’ve been coming over my whole life to home and seeing the area glowing. The whole horizon wasred. It was like an…
Callum LawsonGuest
Michael GoodenHost
Like it's actually hit Allenvale, it's hit Dards, it's hit every place we've got apart from one.
You sort of think you're over it and the more you talk about it, it just reminds you that it was a bloody significant couple of weeks.
G'day, it's Michael Gooden here, and I'm here today on the Farmers Helping Farmers podcast with our fellow board member, Callum Lawson.
Last summer, Allenvale was significantly impacted by the bushfires, but what a whole lot of people might not know is what transpired as the property, Callum grew up on 45 minutes southeast.
Callum spoke about the fires at Allenvale, in our latest member magazine, From the Ground Up, and I'll start this conversation with how he describes leaving Allenvale after doing all he could to create the fire breaks to go to Highlands to help save his family farm.
Sorry for bringing that up again, mate, but, uh, yeah, we've painted the scene.
Uh, when you say it like that again, when someone else is reading it to you, it's, um, it's, it's very, very raw.
And the more you talk about it, it just reminds you that it was that bloody significant couple of weeks.
Um, Yeah, as you said, it was like a bit of an apocalypse coming over the hill that day.
But, well, that morning, and not knowing what to expect, expecting a catastrophic day the next day, you know, up to 100-car-an-hour winds of 45 degrees.
Like it's actually hit Allenvale, it's hit Dards, it's hit every place we've got apart from one.
You sort of think you're over it and the more you talk about it, it just reminds you that it was a bloody significant couple of weeks.
G'day, it's Michael Gooden here, and I'm here today on the Farmers Helping Farmers podcast with our fellow board member, Callum Lawson.
Last summer, Allenvale was significantly impacted by the bushfires, but what a whole lot of people might not know is what transpired as the property, Callum grew up on 45 minutes southeast.
Callum spoke about the fires at Allenvale, in our latest member magazine, From the Ground Up, and I'll start this conversation with how he describes leaving Allenvale after doing all he could to create the fire breaks to go to Highlands to help save his family farm.
Sorry for bringing that up again, mate, but, uh, yeah, we've painted the scene.
Uh, when you say it like that again, when someone else is reading it to you, it's, um, it's, it's very, very raw.
And the more you talk about it, it just reminds you that it was that bloody significant couple of weeks.
Um, Yeah, as you said, it was like a bit of an apocalypse coming over the hill that day.
But, well, that morning, and not knowing what to expect, expecting a catastrophic day the next day, you know, up to 100-car-an-hour winds of 45 degrees.
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