Residents and visitors in NSW town of Rosedale seek refuge from bushfires on the beach

Madeleine Kelly, 17, and her family were among people staying in Rosedale, a tiny coastal town 300km south of Sydney, when they were forced to flee to the beach ahead of huge bushfires on New Year's Eve. The fires destroyed numerous properties in the town as horrified onlookers watched. The fire's onslaught was halted when the wind changed, but people remained on the beach for hours afterwards before they could be evacuated to Moruya showgrounds by bus through the devastated town.
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