We live in a country that needs fire and what happens is that we've stopped evolving with fire. Our fire culture in Australia is totally flawed to nothing. As before, even if you go back 100 years, pastoralists and people…
In this time of catastrophic drought and bushfires, when is modern Australia - with all its technology and science - going to listen to Aboriginal people and how our ancestors survived this harsh continent? Warren Mundine asks. If you think…
The text in this post is an article written by Clarence Hungerford (1895 - 1958). Clarence was a highly respected bushman who lived in the Blue Mountains, NSW at Mt Tomah and Berambing. Clarence had a thorough knowledge of fire.…
We're putting $30M helicopters in the drink, we're burning houses, and we're destroying the environment. Bring back Indigenous land management for a brighter (and less costly) future.
The recent fires in Victoria were driven by big fuel loads, not by the weather. The fire danger index was a surprising low 16-20, but the high fuel loads resulted in predicted rates of spread of 0.5 kph and flame…
