Wombats bundled into cars and evacuated during Cherry Gardens bushfire
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Maya the wombat is taken away from the bushfire danger zone on Sunday.
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Bundling 15 wombats into three cars as a bushfire threatened an Adelaide Hills wildlife sanctuary was a nervous moment for the centre s boss, Brigitte Stevens, but it was the 72 others she had to leave behind she feared for most.
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The Wombat Awareness Organisation had nowhere to take the wombats as temperatures remained above 40C
Injured possums were taken to a farm rescue centre during the Cherry Gardens bushfire
The Wombat Awareness Organisation founding director said the sanctuary s 50-hectare Flaxley property was in the CFS emergency zone after the Cherry Gardens bushfire ignited on Sunday afternoon.
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Bushfire recovery from air
Grass trees are some of the first plants to regrow after a bushfire. Wikimedia, CC BY
Two days before Christmas 2019, a fire reached a heritage-protected bush property in the Adelaide Hills, destroying a neighbour’s house. For the next two weeks residents were on constant alert to keep the fire in check, recalls an article in The Conversation.
Flinders University Professor Jorg Hacker, Chief Scientist at South Australia-based Airborne Research Australia (ARA), started conducting aerial research a few weeks later. He says:
I flew over fire-affected areas in the Adelaide Hills and had my first aerial view of the devastation. Fighting fires around my home, and what I saw on this flight, convinced me to get involved with helping recovery in the aftermath of the fires.
Grass trees are some of the first plants to regrow after a bushfire. Wikimedia, CC BY
A few weeks later, I flew over fire-affected areas in the Adelaide Hills and had my first aerial view of the devastation. Fighting fires around my home, and what I saw on this flight, convinced me to get involved with helping recovery in the aftermath of the fires.
In the past year, I’ve taken high-resolution aerial data to monitor the recovery of fire-affected areas and help with post-fire efforts. This work includes clearing access tracks into burnt forests, locating unburnt areas within burnt forests to serve as refuges for wildlife, or simply documenting the degree of destruction.
Before and after: these 4 graphics show the recovery of last summer s bushfire devastation theconversation.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theconversation.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.