Some photos taken earlier this month by Stuart.
Joe FCD
Some photos taken earlier this month by Stuart.
Joe FCD
Most of the ground is now covered with ferns and acacia ptychoclada. In 2018 we had little rain in July, August, and September, and good falls only in October. It will be interesting to see what happens if the rain pattern is repeated this year.
Joe FCD
In my post in January on the regrowth of the burnt area, I remarked how the ferns were coming back. We now have lots and lots of acacia ptychoclada appearing
It’s a tall spindly plant with yellow ball flowers, and I am told, uncommon. You can see some larger specimens adjacent to the boardwalk on the track from the Fairmont to Empress Falls.
Some more photos of the area follow.
I’d guess that in three or four months the acacia will be two metres tall and quite spectacular when in flower. We may need some signs identifying them!
Joe FCD
It’s been a year since the fire, so here are some more photos (taken on Tuesday 15th January)
Overall the area is doing well and is much improved since September/October, when lack of rain killed off most of the regrowth. If we get reasonable rain over the next few months, the area should be on the way to complete recovery.
Joe FCD
Some photos about noon on 28 November, after 80 mm of rain
Joe FCD
After a hard mornings weeding,
we did some planting:
Work has started on the bio-filtration unit on the other side of the Park. I took two photos of the fine placement of rocks in the ditch.
Joe FCD
along the Creek, where it was burnt.
Photos taken on 29 April
So, much improved generally, with regrowth slow on the steeper slopes.
But there are some monbretia. There are reports of Drosera, but I didn’t see any, and there is no broom.
Joe FCD
I took some photos on 1 March, to check regrowth. While I took 16 photos, only five show any regrowth, mostly ferns and grasses.
Of the western side of the Park, where Council has done some clearing
More to come.
Joe FCD
The fire burnt along the western side of the Creek, from about 100 metres from the Fletcher St track junction, to about 200 metres short of the Parkes St track junction. It started about 12.05 am on Monday 22nd. These photos were taken on Friday 26th at about 3.30 pm.
You can find the metadata (including co-ordinates) of any photo using Metapicz . There is also a Firefox extension that shows the data.
Note the buildings at the top
Some of the walkway timbers were charred.
Caused by two fireworks.
Joe FCD