Hi all well i live in adelaide across the strip of water that seperates kangaroo island from the mainland , last night viveon bay township was evacuated as the fire was considered to close ,its a lovely place and if you ever get the chance go there . I hope that the bee keeper on KI is safe and has moved what hives he can to the other end of the island to try to save as many as possible ,anyone who has been there will know of the significance of these bees as someone else said they are the purest strain of ligeran bee in the world .
Now we can all understand that the climate is changing it has been changing since records started , i can remember when we had a drought here in south australia water restrictions for years then they built a desalination plant not to far from where i live ,next year it rained and rained and the plant has only this year been activated after ticking over for what must be at least 10 years or more ,now due to governement policy from a long time ago it is against the law for land owners to clear undergrowth such as lantana ect ,the fuel build up from the lack of controlled burning during the winter months has heightend this situation for the past many years , the people who have lost everything will be calling for blood on this subject and some have given all fighting these fires as we have seen .
What i would like to know is what are we going to do in the future ? will we reduce the fuel loads in our forests ? will we allow high country grazing again i am personnally sick of seeing nuckelheads glueing themselves to roads in the name of climate change .or dressing up in silly costumes like this extinction rebellion mob what is your answer because unless your thatched roof on your bush hut is covered with solar panels and your reading by candle light then you are kidding yourself . Another thing is what will we do with all the arsonists who seem to enjoy lighting these fires i think there have been 135 caught in the eastern states and i know some have been caught here in S.A n fact last night someone decided to set a small parkway on fire near my home why i do not know .
Now for the bush ,yes it will take some time to regenerate but lot of native trees require fire to release there seeds and i have see photos of trees already starting to sprout new shoots after the fire has gone through ,the animals and wild life are a different story as seen on the television they have also suffered greatly . We should thank our friends from overseas who have come to help us in our time of need and to all the fire fighters who have worked tirelessly to save people and property and to all those working behind the scenes to keep these brave men and women going , we need to take lessons from this tragedy in regards to the way we manage our forests how we react to bushfires and how we deal with those who deliberatly light these fires under the law .