It was the fire that knew no boundaries and the aerial shot of the Cudgewa sports ground that appeared on the front page of yesterday's paper shows just how close the blaze that ripped through the Upper Murray came to destroying the town's football and netball clubrooms.
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Joshua Collings, who took the photo, was one of many to lose his home in the devastating bushfires and he knows only-too-well that there's a long road ahead to rebuild.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews made a welcome visit to Corryong in the past week and he had good news for those affected by the bushfires.
The tax relief, which is immediately available, applies to those who have had their homes, land and cars destroyed by bushfire.
That is indeed welcome news for those whose properties and possessions have been destroyed by fire.
But while that tax relief is going to provide much-needed government assistance to those on the ground in the Upper Murray, there's something that we, as residents of the Border and North East, can do as well.
If you can, as a family, look at the ways you can visit and spend some vital dollars in these communities now and into the future.
Have lunch at the Upper Murray Community Bakery, fill your car with fuel in Corryong or head to the Man From Snowy River Bush Festival in April.
The Upper Murray is full of terrific people and while there's no doubt they'll welcome any government support they get, we're sure they'll get a bigger kick out of seeing folks from Albury-Wodonga supporting their wonderful community.
The bushfire crisis which has engulfed Southern NSW and North East Victoria, and indeed Australia, has been front page news for more than two weeks.
We weren't sure what the first non-fire story would be to lead our paper in 2020 but it was an old faithful.
Yep, you guessed it - trains.
It came in the form of the staggering revelation from Infrastructure Australia that the North East rail line shouldn't included on the government's priority list for projects.
Thankfully, Infrastructure Minister Michael McCormack had good news for The Border Mail, telling Shana Morgan "the North East rail line upgrade is a priority for the Australian government".
If that was good news out of the Nationals' camp, it was short-lived with a damning report from the Auditor-General slamming deputy leader Bridget McKenzie for awarding grants from a $100 million fund based on electorates the Coalition wanted to win at the last election, rather than solely on merit, when she was sports minister.
The North East-based Senator was defiant, maintaining "no rules were broken" but, as we said when the Wodonga Council waste levy scandal broke in 2018, the Ombudsman isn't some mythical creature which makes false accusations for the fun of it.
The same applies for the Auditor-General.
We don't doubt that the projects which were successful, including the Martin Park upgrade, all had merit, but it seems impossible to ignore that pork-barrelling took place.
Anyway, that's enough out of me. The only type of pork I'm interested in on this Sunday morning is bacon. It's time for breakfast.
Thanks for reading.