Wow

[gemfyre]

A year and a half ago Matt and I visited Victoria and spent a week at Narbethong, investigating Lake Mountain, Marysville, Healesville, south to Yellingbo, north to Yea and west to Kinglake.

When we there the country was blanketed in snow and fog.

Now it's on fire. It's kinda sad to think. But knowing the Australian bush and it's need for fire, I know it will bounce back bigger and better.

Comments

[drhoz.livejournal.com]

the bush is supposed to get smaller fires, more frequently. It can't handle the big ones nearly as well as we'd hope :( plus, more introduced species will take the opputyunity to invade, and think of all the dead native wildlife :(
*sniffles* i'd better shut up now :(

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Agreed. It has been a little bigger and hotter than most normal fires. I hear they managed to get the Helmeted Honeyeaters and Orange-bellied Parrots out of Healesville Sanctuary and down to Melbourne Zoo in time, and Yellingbo, the last stronghold of the Helmeted Honeyeater has been spared. OBPs aren't so much of a concern seeing as they hang out in coastal heath on the mainland.

[drhoz.livejournal.com]

that's a relief :)