Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Bush Burn Off

Some weeks ago we were warned that the fire brigade would be burning an area of bush adjacent to our property. The idea of this is to help regenerate the bush and induce some rare native trees to open their seed pods to assist with germination. No date was given, just a time frame. It all depended on the winds and weather. After having had no rain at all for the past month, today was chosen for the burnoff. Guess what? Last night it rained. The bush was damp and very little wind was blowing. An army of trucks arrived this morning for the burnoff with about a dozen or more men and the police supervising the road. They did manage to get the bush alight around the edges but then you can guess what happened after that can't you. Yes it rained and put the fires out. Oh well, better luck next time guys.







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6 comments:

  1. Carole M.25 June 2013 at 17:12

    they tried, but they were conquered. Never mind, may be another day soon. Good to have some cleared up at least

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  2. diane b25 June 2013 at 17:19

    Hope they are successful next time. You can never depend on the weather.

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  3. Unknown25 June 2013 at 18:31

    I do wish we'd have more rain here (Colorado) to help with the fires. One big one got put out finally, but it's been an awful summer already.

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  4. Rose ~ from Oz26 June 2013 at 05:20

    It would be a jolly good thing if more municipalities and park areas responsibly burnt off. This well-intentioned event was thwarted by mother nature!

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  5. Leave It To Davis26 June 2013 at 07:23

    lol....this sounds so odd to me....here we are trying to put out the wildfires here and not succeeding...and there y'all are trying to start fires and not succeeding. lol Hope you get your fires going the way y'all need them to burn soon!

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  6. Ramakant Pradhan26 June 2013 at 18:49

    I wasn't aware that bush fires are deliberately started with some purpose. Wouldn't it be a hazard both from the fire as well as the smoke generated?

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