[GUEY]

Hopefully the punishment will be fitting...

Four people charged over illegal campfire that sparked Fraser Island bushfire

www.9news.com.au

 

[trev zd30]

Hopefully the punishment will be fitting...

Four people charged over illegal campfire that sparked Fraser Island bushfire

www.9news.com.au

Yes I hope so too.......but they will be the scapegoats, taking the rap for some very poor decision making and management by parks and wildlife. They could have put measures in place months ago to prevent the devastation that has occurred!
I imagine there were plenty of opportunities to plan and implement preventative measures. It appears they originally were happy to let the slow fire burn as a fire break. So they just let it go. Where were their control lines? Where was the back burning in the early days to give it a boundary to burn to? Where was their backup plans?
I hope parks and wildlife get the grilling they deserve!

Just my oppinion though

 

[geeyoutoo]

Yes I hope so too.......but they will be the scapegoats, taking the rap for some very poor decision making and management by parks and wildlife. They could have put measures in place months ago to prevent the devastation that has occurred!
I imagine there were plenty of opportunities to plan and implement preventative measures. It appears they originally were happy to let the slow fire burn as a fire break. So they just let it go. Where were their control lines? Where was the back burning in the early days to give it a boundary to burn to? Where was their backup plans?
I hope parks and wildlife get the grilling they deserve!

Just my oppinion though

Absobloodylutely

 

[rgren2]

If the rangers found a fire covered with sand but still radiating heat near bush, why didn’t the rangers put it out?

 

[geeyoutoo]

If the rangers found a fire covered with sand but still radiating heat near bush, why didn’t the rangers put it out?

That was an amazing sentence in the article. Only the god of stupidity can answer.

 

[rgren2]

Cruising along the western side of Fraser today, lots of green happening.👍

 

[RickGQ]

Cruising along the western side of Fraser today, lots of green happening.👍

That's great news. Where abouts on the coast are you? Take some photos!

 

[Foo]

Cruising along the western side of Fraser today, lots of green happening.

Only ever been 10mtrs off Fraser and never on it. Caught a nice fish in the deep channel that ran alongside of it but this was back in about 85 I think.

Foo

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[rgren2]

That's great news. Where abouts on the coast are you? Take some photos!

Live in Hervey Bay, might not be out for a few weeks (too many tourists at the moment).

 

[RickGQ]

Today's news...

'I am deeply sorry': Men fined for illegally lighting campfire that sparked major Fraser Island bushfires

Two men are fined for illegally lighting a campfire on Fraser Island (K'gari) which led to a major blaze that burnt through half of the World Heritage-listed island within two months.

www.abc.net.au

 

[rgren2]

Now how about the rangers that came across it and didn’t extinguish it when it was still a campfire covered in sand.
I’m smelling a bit of BS here.
Me tinks there is a coverup.

 

[dkril]

Now how about the rangers that came across it and didn’t extinguish it when it was still a campfire covered in sand.
I’m smelling a bit of BS here.
Me tinks there is a coverup.

A government coverup? Nah, couldn't be.

They keep telling us how open and transparent they are !

 

[trev zd30]

Now how about the rangers that came across it and didn’t extinguish it when it was still a campfire covered in sand.
I’m smelling a bit of BS here.
Me tinks there is a coverup.

Yes, there must have been a number of occasions where rangers could have controlled it, but for whatever reason chose not to. I'd doubt we will ever hear about it though. These 4 blokes (kids really) will be the scapegoats and will divert all the attention away from what really happened!

 

[RickGQ]

Story on ABC online about regeneration on Fraser...

These stunning photographs capture Fraser Island-K'gari in recovery

Images capture bushland regeneration two months after a ferocious fire burned through half the island, but already there are signs of weeds, pests, and other diseases taking advantage.

www.abc.net.au

 

[rgren2]

Didn’t get close enough last time to get photos, but there was a lot of green showing through. Still brown leaves on the trees, lot of rain on Fraser, be over a week until I can get over that way, the winds are still a bit brisk, even wearing a back brace, I end up with pain when it’s rough.