BUSHFIRE SURVIVOR I HEALED MYSELF WITH EXERCISE
Chantell Gaspari, 34, Flowerdale, Vic
Walking through the doors of the local Westfield where I worked, the wave of cold air conditioning was a welcome relief. It was February 2009, and for the past week, Victoria had been hit with a severe heatwave.
By 11am that morning, the temperature was already nearing 40 degrees.
Six weeks pregnant, I’d been experiencing morning sickness every day and the heat certainly didn’t help.
With high winds sweeping the state, the premier
