(Continued from Part 1.) Tasmania’s Central Plateau is the stronghold of pencil pines and has seen frequent, localized, low severity fires since before the British occupied the country. Fires lit by graziers have burnt much of the Plateau (particularly in Read More …

The past summer was an unusual one: it was the hottest summer on record in Tasmania and in the western half of the state rainfall was slightly below average following a record dry spring, driven in part by a strong Read More …