‘Not worth the risk’: Lana and Todd were due to get married – but instead spent the day at a bushfire shelter

With smoke darkening the sky and guests stuck on opposite sides of the flames, the couple called off their celebration, but say ‘so many are way worse off’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Lana Wolstencroft should have been walking down the aisle towards her high school sweetheart, Todd Byrnes, on Saturday afternoon. Instead, the pair were at the Mansfield showgrounds, standing in the sun as the smoke haze from a devastating bushfire lifted. “The fire just kept developing,” Wolstencroft says. “So we were like, we’re just going to have to watch this, see how it goes. Continue reading...