When Katrina Condie and her family lost their Conjola Park home on New Year's Eve last year, they never imagined things could get worse
Then came the coronavirus outbreak.
This week, Ms Condie was made redundant from her job as a marketing assistant at an Ulladulla real estate agency on the south coast of NSW.
Like many businesses that rely on tourism, hers has been hugely impacted — first by fires and now by coronavirus, keeping tourists away.
"We have had a drop in sales and listings," Ms Condie said.
"But the big thing that hit my company is the loss of holiday rental income — over Christmas with the fires and now with coronavirus and Easter.
"It's just been one thing after another."
'Today's gonna be bad'
On December 31, Andrew Condie left to go to work in the morning.
The last thing he said as he walked out the door was "today's gonna be bad. Keep the kids and dog with you at all times".
Ms Condie and her two young daughters left their Conjola Park home to go and visit a friend in nearby Mollymook.
As they were enjoying a coffee, she received a call from her neighbour telling her the fire was approaching their street.
Her husband, a firefighter, rushed from work to try and save their home, but half an hour later it was gone.
Facing an uncertain future
In the days and weeks that followed there was an outpouring of support for the family and the owners of the other 89 homes that burned in Conjola Park that day.
Ms Condie and her family set themselves up in a holiday home on the beach at Mollymook and began the rebuilding process.
They had hoped to rebuild within a year.
"The coronavirus has thrown us into a spin," Ms Condie said.
"We had our block cleared last week, three months to the day after the fire.
"There's been hiccups with council staff and builders because they're harder to contact now."
Now without a second income, finding the funds to complete the rebuild process will also be harder.
While Mr Condie is still employed as a firefighter, dropping from a double income to just one will hit the family hard.
"We had a plan," Ms Condie said.
"We don't know what is going to happen with coronavirus.
"It's just that uncertainty."
