Once in a lifetime pink flowers emerge from burnt landscapes
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A sea of colour has swept across wide swaths of the Blue Mountains just a year on from the huge bushfires as long-dormant pink flannel flowers spring to life.
The flowers, known as bushfire ephemerals because their seeds only germinate after fire, are blooming in formerly burnt landscapes from Katoomba to Lithgow and north to Newnes.
Lots to choose from: A bee lands on a pink flannel flower (Actinotus forsythii) near the Golden Stairs lookout in the Blue Mountains.