I have been exploring the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.** There are some spectacular walks from Evans and Govett’s Lookouts near Blackheath.
In the following photograph you can see vegetation black from the 2006-07 Lawsons Long Alley fire which burnt about 14,440 hectares of national park. There has been lots of rain recently and the undgrowth is recovering with many beautiful wildflowers.
View to Govett’s Leap, December 5, 2007
Track between Govett and Evans Lookouts, December 9, 2007
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** I’ve had limited access to the internet and so apologies to those who I have not returned emails. The sitution should improve with my new dialup connection.
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.