[Wavytone]

Mmmmm it’s just the beginning of the season. Without significant rain there will be much worse over the next 6 months,

Anyway Jeremy, your lot chopped down all the trees many centuries ago, but at least it rains there, well enough to make a nice carpet of grasses.

And IMho we should do sane - remove the risk of catastrophic fire by eliminating the fuel - gum trees - and replant with other species that do not pose this risk.

It’s time to stop dreaming of what the country once was - that’s disappearing and there’s no way back. Instead transform it into something sustainable, long-term. If we don’t, fires will achieve this randomly and indiscriminately and many won’t like the result. Better to recognise what has to happen and manage the change in a way that is socially acceptable.

Unfortunately many species are already doomed thanks to climate change, which cannot be undone.