Climate change inaction spurs Berowra residents to take some action themselves with local ideas

In late 2019 when Australia’s first “mega-blaze” tore through Gospers Mountain in northern Sydney, all Kate Friend felt was hopelessness.

If the fire had managed to cross the valley into the bushland shire at Berowra Heights it would have been at her doorstep.

Smoke wafted over her home for weeks, the sky was tinged orange for days, and Ms Friend’s husband was on standby with the Rural Fire Service.