Pictures from Tasmania’s central plateau,shot by wilderness photographer Dan Broun, explain the extraordinary damage wrought by more than a week of bushfires following lightning strikes in Australias southernmost state on 13 January. The world heritage area was home to a range of unique alpine flora including pencil pines, or king billy pines and cushion plants,some more than 1000 years feeble. Now more than 10,000ha of land has been incinerated, or ecologist say that,unlike eucalyptus trees, the ancient flora will not recoverContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com