After the fire

Towards the end of our 3 month trip in October we passed by the Warrumbungles.
There was a huge, truly huge fire here at the beginning of 2013.
A friend who is an RFS volunteer and witnessed first-hand the utter devastation here, asked if I could post some photos of the area now.

Here is part of the main camping area.

About 80% of the national park was destroyed as well as thousands of hectares of farm land.

One thing I'd forgotten was that there was an equally devastating flood mere days after the fire, which washed away topsoil and the seeds from vegetation which needs fire to regenerate.
So they have no idea what will grow back where!

By the side of the road you can see the gum trees sprouting again.

They say some areas will never be the same.

The radio telescope at Mopra where G spent a lot of time.
The dish survived, but the roof of the facilities partially collapsed. Amazingly the guts were still intact.

Just down the hill is our friends' house -

This is it during the fire!

photo by Mark Barrow