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Hi all,

Went up to Kings Park this morning to check out the damage.

Some photos as I was driving down Mounts Bay Road.
Sorry for the poor quality. Hard to driving and avoid traffic as you're taking photos

Fantasic shots.

Odd to think I was walking up that foot path on monday.

Yeah - it's always interesting to see just how much the bush is reduced to black stumps after a fire - but then how it all comes back again within a reasonably short time.

yeah agreed. good shots mate thanks for heading up.

Who do those kings park vehicles fall under? is it fesa? or are they like DEC rangers?

Caddy1 wrote:Who do those kings park vehicles fall under? is it fesa? or are they like DEC rangers?

Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority

Zebedee wrote:Yeah - it's always interesting to see just how much the bush is reduced to black stumps after a fire - but then how it all comes back again within a reasonably short time.

Yep. A lot of our bush has evolved so that fire is necessary (for germination etc like Balga). Fire is just inconvenient for people unless you like your goanna well done. I watched Bold Park recover after the last fires and it's pretty damned cool watching nature at work

I think they were monitoring it.
668 and 670 are there doing a few spot fires, think it's all out now though.

They were coming and going this afternoon. Didn't see them drop anything though.

It will be nice and green in about 4-6 weeks. more if we get a good dose of rain.

What wonderful photos you took. I find it odd that we arein the middle of water restrictions and one of your photos shows water gushing out of a malfunctioning standpipe in the hyrdant and running down the hill. not a dig at you, just at the lack of upkeep of hydrants and stand pipes

treeny wrote:What wonderful photos you took. I find it odd that we arein the middle of water restrictions and one of your photos shows water gushing out of a malfunctioning standpipe in the hyrdant and running down the hill. not a dig at you, just at the lack of upkeep of hydrants and stand pipes

Gushing like that, it's probably come loose and with no-one in the vicinity to notice (as they are likely all on the end of the hose?)...

that control dividing breaching is of a stand by appliance from O'Conner. they paint all there stuff blue, to stop people keeping there gear.

Helitak_670 wrote:It will be nice and green in about 4-6 weeks. more if we get a good dose of rain.

Thank you very much Helitak_670. We are all blaming you for this morning's monsoon downpour at 4am this morning.