Mist and ashes.

We've had at least 3mls of mist in the last week and pods are splitting, seeds dropping and even green grass shoots are appearing ! Amazing. Almost before the ashes are cool. Impressive.

There are wallaby scats on the roadside and wombat scratchings in the sand.....now, the lyrebirds have appeared again. Yellowtail Black Cockatoos are hanging about in the afternoons.

The vistas through the bush have been amazing in the mist with the burnt out trunks of eucalypts contrasting against the grey light. The place smells like ashes of course and trees continue to drop as the wind tests which ones will topple. It's all part of the dynamic and the process is just beginning.