Along the highway

We had to take Pauline for her weekly treatment in Moruya, a town some 30km away. The forest has been burnt for almost the entire route, as seen here. You might care to note that, although the trees have been burnt, in this area the fire did not "crown", the explosive event when the oils in the leaves literally explode in a ball of flame. Instead, the fire left the leaves which have dried and are dropping, as in the foreground - this allows fire to potentially re-burn the area.