Ms Franklin still has her sense of humour, her house, husband, daughter and all their stock. So she is philosophical about the fires that have raged from one end of the Brindabella Valley to the other over the past 10 days, destroying three homes, but, thankfully, not taking a life.

The tiny community has described itself as the forgotten valley - having survived the terrifying convergence of three fires from Bendora Dam, McIntyre's Hut and Broken Cart over their remote settlement.

Rural fire service task forces were sent into the valley two weeks ago when it was apparent it would come under threat and crews from the Shoalhaven were on hand when the January 18 firestorm finally erupted.

Half of the picturesque valley went up that day and exhausted residents watched the other half go up on Sunday.

The fires virtually met in the middle.

Now, residents sigh with relief, there is nothing left to burn.

Ms Franklin - whose family have been in the valley for 150 years and named nearby Mount Franklin - said the last major back-burning in the area was organised by her grandfather in 1958.

"We have been asking for permission to do some more for years, but we can't get access to the public land," she said.

Two submissions to the NSW Government by Ms Franklin over potential fire hazards in the area have also gone unheeded.

"As a community we have basically been sitting here waiting for something like this to happen.

"We have been chronically neglected over the years, and even now, nobody really knows the scope of what has happened out here."

Yet the community, which comprises about 12 full-time residents and about 40 more landowners, is as independent as they come.

"We survived this on our own and now we will pick up the pieces on our own," Ms Franklin said.

Residents are still assessing damage to land, and sorting through the stock who roam the now fenceless paddocks in a confused mob.

Miraculously, not one sheep, cow, goat or horse was lost but Ms Franklin said residents were now extremely concerned about how they would continue to feed their stock.

"Most of us are down to our core breeding herds because of the drought and it would be terrible to have to sell them now because of the lack of food," she said.