Wallis Lake's second fire in five weeks sees cafe turned to ash

By Rebecca Casson
Updated August 22 2016 - 4:47pm, first published 3:30pm
Owner Bill Paull (back, centre) surveys the burnt out shell of he and partner Trudy's cafe, Ripples.
Owner Bill Paull (back, centre) surveys the burnt out shell of he and partner Trudy's cafe, Ripples.

A blackened charred ruin of timber and studs is still smoking. Friable flakes of blackened asbestos litter the shoreline of Wallis Lake. Owner Bill Paull’s sense of loss as he surveys the blackened shell of what was until yesterday a cafe, watercraft hire and function centre, is palpable.

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