Bridgewater Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) recipient Carlsa Carter saw first-hand the devastating impact that bushfires have on the environment shortly after she moved to the Hills in 1988.
The 1989 blaze, started by the spontaneous combustion of a compost pile, burnt through Engelbrook Reserve and three quarters of her Strathalbyn Road property.
In the years following the fire, Mrs Carte...
