Its Beautiful But it Burns
I have lived in some amazing places in this great country I call home. From places that look like the quaint English country side, to the tropical heat of the far north. One place holds a special place in my heart. That is the temperate eucalypt forests of south eastern Australia. They are an amazing place, immensely beautiful with the Victorian High country some of the most untouched places on earth. This beauty draws people to want to live withing the living forest. They build their homes amongst the peace and tranquility that is the Australian Bush. There is a problem a lurking killer. The forest is highly flammable during the dry and hot summer months. The oil from the trees saturates the air, and the leaf litter etc on the ground become tinder dry. It takes one spark from dry lightening or a criminal act to start a fire, and when they get going they are truly unstoppable. My old local CFA Unit, Brave boys every one of them. ...