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VCC Bushfire Report 27-Feb-2006 At 7:33:29 PM davetheyounger

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Two weeks ago the property I live at in Yea was burnt out by a grassfire. We now have a large firebreak around the property. Its really ugly. However I now know why they are so important. A week after the fire came through we still had hotspots burning, even after several tankers had unloaded thousands of litres of water on the area. The hotspots were all located around the significant trees on the property. If you multiply that by the number of trees in the grampians then you get an idea of the problem. The fire breaks in the grampians are ther to stop further outbreaks of fire in the time that it is still dangerous, that is several weeks.
If you want to get worked up about something, how about litter at the cliffs? Our favourite local crag is tennerife and we visited today. Once again i found myself tidying up after climbers litter. This litter will be around long after the fire breaks have regerated.