We visited Stevensons Falls near Marysville on a recent day outing. The falls are quite spectacular at night with the floodlights on it. Peter remembers seeing it at night with the church youth group in the 90's. What took our breath away was the scaring from the Black Saturday bush-fires still upon it. Even though it happened almost five years ago (7 February 2009), the evidence was plain to see from all directions especially into the valley. There were just so many tree skeletons standing as reminders of the inferno that came. Those trees that survived have re-sprouted in a grotesque way, not creating the canopy that used to be there. The result is a heavy undergrowth with too much access to sunlight and gawky, stalk-like trees with a close green fuzz, if they still have life. It is sad to be confronted with this specter and to realise that this "look" will not change for at least a generation, maybe two. The fire was too ferocious for redemption to come quickly.
black pillars sharing Life's green growth
five years on...
so many skeletons
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