Kangaroo Island After the Fires
Submitted: Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008 at 10:04
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Bushtrek
Thinking of visiting KI next month. How much damage was done to the bush by the fires in January??
Cheers
Reply By: Member - PJB (WA) - Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008 at 12:30
Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008 at 12:30
Hi There,
We recently spent two weeks on KI over Xmas and New Year, immediately after the fires.
Western end of KI, particularly the national Park, was closed due to road and access damage. All else was open and accessible.
Check with Parks & Wildlife as thingsmight have changed.
The fires burnt around 20% of KI, but mostly inaccessible terrain, including national park. The fire damage is visible in parts but mostly out of sight or not a problem for travellers.
We camped at concil and NP sites and found most
places were empty - practically everyone had stayed away!
Visit KI, enjoy the scenery, disregard hearsay and rumours as the fire has barely affected the visitor experience.
cheers,
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Reply By: zumzum - Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008 at 20:38
Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008 at 20:38
Hi guys, I’m living in K.I. and I was part of the “team” from CFS who was called to put down the fires.
The situation here is not bad at all, the vegetation on the Flinders Chase is shooting new regroth and it is amazing how fast they are doing this ….
My suggestion? GO and enjoy! The life here is coming back, the National Park is open for business and everybody are forgetting the dramas.
Good luck!
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Follow Up By: Bushtrek - Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008 at 21:17
Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008 at 21:17
Thanks, one and all. We are definitely going, now just need to find somewhere to stay, probably try down near
Vivonne Bay,
We mainly want to do plenty of wildlife/bird watching [that's fauna type] so want to get away from the "resort style' locations.
Trust your firefighting work was not too bad Zumzum, we do a bit of that ourselves here in NSW, ........can be bloody hard work at times.
Thanks again for the advice.
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Follow Up By: zumzum - Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008 at 22:15
Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008 at 22:15
No problem Bushtrek. I will suggest to stay at the camping near the
Flinders Chase National Park, just before the entry. Good
toilet and a lot of wildlife around. The one at
Vivonne Bay is VERY basic and all around it was burned in decembre!
They were 4 major fire on the island: Seal Bay corner (where I was working most of the time ),
Vivonne Bay, Solly (on the North Coast) and Flinders Chase.
I was there at Seal Bay the first day when it just appended ... I’m on the
Kingscote Brigade and I was on call that day .... unforgettable ....
If you need moire info you can contact me by phone. I will give to you it by e-mail
Luca
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Follow Up By: zumzum - Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008 at 22:16
Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008 at 22:16
forgot ..... llovison@internode.on.net
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