“Extreme weather has already become more frequent & intense because of climate change; further warming over the next 20-30 years is inevitable.
“As the events of the 2019/20 fire season show, what was unprecedented is now our future"
And Victoria should follow the lead of other states like NSW & TAS and set up a volunteer remote area fire fighting team to tackle lightning strike fires before they become blazes >
The Tabletop fire 10 months on. Checked out the main part of the burn. It’s a mix of hope and despair. This may be a long wander.
Mt Tabletop is in the Alpine national park, on Gunaikurnai country, between Mt Hotham and Dinner Plain, snow gum country. The forests here have burnt in 2003, 2013 and 2019/20. Some areas have burnt 3 times.
The forest is a mosaic of old open forests, crazy regrowth in burnt areas, and multi aged woodlands.