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Grampians Fires 2-Mar-2013 At 3:11:38 AM james

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On 1/03/2013 The good Dr wrote:
>On 1/03/2013 james wrote:
>>sorry was referencing the Rosea/Bundaleer closures after those fires.
>
>>That area was closed for a looooong time.
>
>From your post I figure that you would like the areas open as soon as
>the fire danger has passed. Unfortunately the damage caused by fire is
>complex and disturbance of the recovery process occurs in many ways. These
>can lead to prolonged recovery, significantly increased and distabilizing
>errosion and significantly greater introduction of pest plant species.
>Often people have the thought 'but its only me, how much damage can I do',
>but there are often hundreds of other people thinking the same thing.
>
>Assessment of the damage and suitable recovery need to be made by people
>with the appropriate experience and knowledge and really should be left
>to them. If an area requires years to recover, so be it. Don't be too precious,
>go somewhere else.

I actually thought dave.k was hoping it would re-open soon, which I thought was pretty funny given how long other areas stayed closed post fires. Maybe he wasn't round when the last couple fires rolled through?
BTW not being precious - I don't care either way myself. Haven't been & won't be climbing anywhere near the gramps anytime soon.