Heather K Handley, Macquarie University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Jennifer Bratchell, Macquarie University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Katharine Haynes, University of Wollongong, Centre for the Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, Carmen Solana, University of Portsmouth, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Portsmouth, United Kingdom and Christina R Magill, Macquarie University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Sydney, NSW, Australia