1
Billowing Smoke
16 January 2009.
Bushfire in Kings Park was the work of an arsonist.
| 
2
Bushfire in Kings Park
16 January 2009.
Taken through Bus window.
| 
3
Aftermath of Kings Park Bushfire
04 February 2009.
Panorama of part of the 5 hectares which were burnt in Kings Park on 16 January.
|
4
Approaching the Burnt Area seven weeks after Fire
04 March 2009.
| 
5
Hillside Burnt both sides of the Path
04 March 2009.
| 
6
Looking down the Hillside to Swan River
04 March 2009.
|
7
Charred Signpost
04 March 2009.
| 
8
Law Walk in Kings Park is a popular Uurban Bushland Trail
04 March 2009.
| 
9
Blackened Trunks
04 March 2009.
|
10
All Groundcover consumed by Fire
04 March 2009.
| 
11
Once a Tree Trunk, now Charcoal
04 March 2009.
| 
12
Charcoal and Ash
04 March 2009.
|
13
New Green Zamia Fronds contrast with the Black
04 March 2009.
| 
14
Charred Grasstrees with a Tuft of Green at the Top
04 March 2009.
| 
15
New Life in the Zamia Fronds
04 March 2009.
|
16
Trunk reduced to Charcoal
04 March 2009.
| 
17
Charred Grasstrees sprout new Tufts of Green
04 March 2009.
| 
18
View across the Burnt Ground to the Swan River
04 March 2009.
|
19
Looking up the Slope of the Hillside
04 March 2009.
| 
20
Charcoal and Ash on the Hillside
04 March 2009.
| 
21
Charred Sheoak Seed Cones
04 March 2009.
|
22
Sheoak Seed Cones burst by Heat and Seeds Dispersed
04 March 2009.
| 
23
A Blackened Skeleton
04 March 2009.
| 
24
Blackened Trunks on Bare Ground
04 March 2009.
|
25
Habitat destroyed by Fire
04 March 2009.
| 
26
Ash and Charcoal are a grim reminder of the Fire
04 March 2009.
| 
27
Revisit to Bushfire Ravaged Area
25 May 2009. Four months after the Fire.
|
28
New Life of young Hardenbergia
Rain has finally come to this scorched area. New life appears. 25 May 2009.
| 
29
The Green of New Life
25 May 2009.
| 
30
Suckers at the base of Charred Trunk
25 May 2009.
|
31
Side-shoot from Sheoak Trunk
25 May 2009.
| 
32
Some may never Recover
25 May 2009.
| 
33
Charred Sheoak Trees
25 May 2009.
|
34
Zamias have survived well
25 May 2009.
| 
35
Recovery is doubtful for this Tree
25 May 2009.
| 
36
Brown Leaves and Empty Seed Capsules
The seed has been dispersed and hopefully will bring new life.
25 May 2009.
|
37
Green on Black
Green shoots on blackened trunks of Sheoaks and the green tuft on top of Grasstree. 25 May 2009.
| 
38
New Life on bare Soil
25 May 2009.
| 
39
Green sprouts from Sheoak Trunk
25 May 2009.
|
40
River Views through Blackened Trunks
25 May 2009.
| 
41
Six Months after the Bushfire
30 July 2009.
| 
42
Recovery Slow even after Winter Rains
30 July 2009.
|
43
Native Wisteria or Hardenbergia
New Life and Flowers from the Ashes. 30 July 2009.
| 
44
One Year after the Bushfire
21 January 2010.
| 
45
Dead Banksias on the downhill slope
21 January 2010.
|
46
Looking up the slope of the Hill
21 January 2010.
| 
47
Re-growth struggles on this Sheoak Tree
21 January 2010.
| 
48
This Grasstree is a casualty
21 January 2010.
|
49
Charred Trunks still remain
21 January 2010.
| 
50
Understorey regrowth
21 January 2010.
| 
51
Charred Trunks contrast with green regrowth
21 January 2010.
|
52
Trees are Scarred for Life
21 January 2010.
| 
53
Grasstrees sent up long Flower Spikes after Fire
21 January 2010.
| 
54
Grasstree regeneration
21 January 2010.
|
55
The struggle to survive
21 January 2010.
| 
56
Grasstrees, one survivor and one casualty
21 January 2010.
| 
57
New Life, but will it survive the long dry summer?
21 January 2010.
|
58
Charred Trees are a stark reminder of Bushfire
12 September 2010.
Re-visit to Burnt area after 20 months.
| 
59
Swan River beyond the Scarred Timbers
12 September 2010.
| 
60
Yellow Buttercups brighten the Scene
12 September 2010.
|
61
Scarlet Runner rising out of Charred Ground
12 September 2010.
| 
62
New Growth on Burnt Ground
12 September 2010.
Surviving in spite of an unusually dry winter with exceptionally cold nights.
| 
63
Carpet of New Growth
12 September 2010.
|
64
Cottonheads
Conostylis
12 September 2010.
| 
65
Milkmaids
Burchardia umbellata
12 September 2010.
| 
66
Purple Tassels
Sowerbaea laxiflora
12 September 2010.
|
67
Cowslip Orchids
Caladenia flava
12 September 2010.
| 
68
Green Jewel Beetle on Yellow Buttercup
12 September 2010.
| 
69
Swan River Myrtle
Hypocalymma robustum
12 September 2010.
|
70
Swan River Myrtle
Hypocalymma robustum
12 September 2010.
| 
71
Regenerated Kangaroo Paws and Swan River Myrtle
12 September 2010.
| 
72
Mangles Kangaroo Paw
Anigozanthos manglesii
12 September 2010.
|
73
Burnt Area Revisited
30 August 2012 -- Three and a half years after the dreadful bushfire of January 2009, the charred trunks tower above the fresh vegetation, including a stunning yellow wattle species.
| 
74
Bushfire Regeneration
30 August 2012. Yellow wattle contrasts with fresh green re-growth.
| 
75
Zamia (Macrozamia riedlei)
30 August 2012. Zamia surrounded by Native Wisteria and Prickly Moses.
|
76
The Colours of Australian Nature
30 August 2012.
| 
77
Grasstree and Prickly Moses
30 August 2012.
| 
78
Banksia and Other Re-growth
30 August 2012.
|
79
Regeneration of lower storey on slopes of Mt Eliza
30 August 2012. Three and a half years after the bushfire, young she-oaks have sprouted, wattle and native wisteria are blooming.
| 
80
Charred Trunks remain among New Growth
30 August 2012. Yellow Wattle on the left, Pink Swan River Myrtle on the right, and Purple Native Wisteria lower centre.
| 
81
Mangles Kangaroo Paw
30 August 2012. Backgound of re-growth wattle on previously charred ground.
|
82
Swan River Myrtle
30 August 2012. Hypocalymma robustum re-gerated after bushfire.
| 
83
Native Wisteria
30 August 2012. Hardenbergia comptoniana twines over many of the fallen trees to hide the scars of bushfire.
| 
84
Prickly Moses (Acacia pulchella)
30 August 2012. The bright yellow of this wattle species adds colour to this once devastated area.
|
