A lot has transpired in the last 2 weeks since we returned. We had a new leaf put on our car springs before we headed up to Hervey Bay Queensland (7 1/2 hours drive ) to buy our Palomini Camper. We spent 2 nights there and left with our shiny new camper to drive back to Nymboida. The night before we left SE QLD. had torrential rains, but we managed to miss it all - apart from seeing immense floods all the way home. Nymboida had also had 200 mm of rain ( neary 8 inches) . We stopped at the canoe centre 7 minutes from home on our way through to find out if our creeks were flooded and of courese YES - they were, so we had to camp out at the canoe centre that night. We got through mid morning as the water level dropped. After fires and flood, we wait with bated breath for the plagues of locusts to descend!
Since then we have had our blocked cleared (it should be finished this afternoon) with a 21 tonne excavator clearing all the fire debris . It is good to have the ruin gone. There is also such a lot of germination and shooting of trees with new growth . It is truly mazing. Unlike the US forests , Australian forests have evolved with fire and many species of gum trees (eucalypts) reshoot after fire. Some plants even need fire to germinate.
Here are some pics from the last couple of weeks.
Since then we have had our blocked cleared (it should be finished this afternoon) with a 21 tonne excavator clearing all the fire debris . It is good to have the ruin gone. There is also such a lot of germination and shooting of trees with new growth . It is truly mazing. Unlike the US forests , Australian forests have evolved with fire and many species of gum trees (eucalypts) reshoot after fire. Some plants even need fire to germinate.
Here are some pics from the last couple of weeks.
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