Archive for June 30th, 2005
How Much More Water?
Posted by jennifer, June 30th, 2005 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Water
Comments: 5
It has been very wet in Brisbane over the last couple of days. But not as wet as on the Gold Coast where over 400mm has fallen over the last 24 hours. The Hinze Dam, that supplies the Gold Coast, is predicted to fill completely some time this evening. But there [...]
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Fire, Folly & Dead Canaries
Posted by jennifer, June 30th, 2005 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Bushfires
Comments: 8
In National Parks, Reserves, and on private property in south-western Australia, grasstrees are under termite attack, rotting, breaking off, and toppling over, due to vast accumulation of thatch. The grasstree in this photograph, with heavy thatch removed by hand to show the decay underneath, is typical of thousands.
View image of grasstree rotting under long fire [...]

