Scars of inferno may never heal

By NATALIE KOTSIOSJan. 25, 2014, midnight

SHE is almost camouflaged against the blackened landscape.

Melissa and Tristan Meyers are grateful the fire stopped just short of the verandah of their Little Billabong Road home, but it was a different story with a nearby shed. Pictures: TARA GOONAN

The Meyers filly, Salara, has burns to her body, head and hoofs.

SHE is almost camouflaged against the blackened landscape.

Eyes scan the charred paddocks, burnt to a crisp in the Minnimbah fire north east of Holbrook for the only sign of life, an 18-month-old chocolate-brown foal, called Salara.

She desperately needs veterinary attention, her wounds from the blaze still fresh.

But her owner, Melissa Meyers, hasnt been able to get close enough to help her.

Instead, a still-skittish Salara is in mourning, pacing between the bodies of her mother a brumby Mrs Meyers four-year-old daughter, Caidence, christened Flicker and a miniature horse, Bambi.

Neither Caidence nor her brother Beau, 6, know whats happened to their horses, or to the 1400 hectares they call home.

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Scars of inferno may never heal