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Fire in Royal NP

PostPosted: Sun 21 Jan, 2018 9:34 am
by jrg
The RFS fire map shows that a huge park of the Royal National Park has been affected already by yesterday's fire:
https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/

I'm not surprised - I drove up the Hume Highway yesterday afternoon and the smoke was thick even driving near Wilton/Picton. I'm glad everyone is safe, but I suspect some tracks and parts of the park are going to be closed for a while.

Re: Fire in Royal NP

PostPosted: Sun 21 Jan, 2018 7:07 pm
by kjbeath
Appears to be arson, with several fires starting in a very short time.

Re: Fire in Royal NP

PostPosted: Sun 21 Jan, 2018 8:15 pm
by Warin
jrg wrote: I suspect some tracks and parts of the park are going to be closed for a while.


Yes .. closed for sometime.
But once open there will be some new views.
And when the regrowth starts there maybe some other interesting views.

Take your cameras.

(Not that I condone the lighting of fires - particularly at this time of year! I do think there should be more patchwork fires conducted, under controlled conditions - these have lead to the landscapes we have and do discourage invasive plants.)