Alex,
As someone who enjoys birding in the Pilliga SF I rang the Baradine office
of State Forests today to find out about the extent of the fire. They tell
me the south-west part was pretty-well untouched (Aloes Picnic Area, Salt
Caves etc) - and that the main fire was in the area bounded by Sparrow Road,
Burma Road, County Line and Newell Highway (to the east of the highway).
Regards, Richard
At 03:18 PM 12/05/97 +1000, you wrote:
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>Watching the evening news last night i was horrified to see the
>devastation left after the bush fire through the Pilliga Scrub in northern
>NSW.
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>Has anyone any details of the fires extent? All I could make out was
>that it flared along a 150 km front. Was the area around the salt caves
>spared? Which species are the most likely to have perished?
>
>
>Alex Appleman
>Townsville
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Richard Jordan
PO Box 4
Jamberoo, NSW 2533, Australia
phone +61 42 360542
fax +61 42 360176
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