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Originally Posted by Renato1
"Devastated" areas look fine only several years later.
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I disagree. I live near Kilmore and I can still see obvious, visible evidence of where the Black Saturday fire that started near Kilmore East went through, that was nearly 11 years ago.
Following that, we were impacted ourselves by the Mickelham fire nearly six years ago, which was not nearly as severe as Black Saturday. I can still see places on our property that have not recovered yet as they were reduced to mineral earth by the heat of the fire. They have a slight cover of grass at the right time of year but still turn into black sludge when they get wet. "A couple of years" is a little less than the time it will take for the saplings that sprung up to reach the size and state of the trees that were destroyed, that ranged up to around 100 years old.
Large parts of east Gippsland are going to look like moonscapes for many years, as will areas in NSW, Queensland and elsewhere.