Morning Sunrise from Big Hill Stawell.

Morning Sunrise from Big Hill Stawell.

Eastern rosella

Eastern rosella

April Sunset from Big Hill

April Sunset from Big Hill

After the Storm

View from Big Hill last night after a thunderstorm.

Sunset from Big Hill Stawell

Last nights sunset from Big Hill Stawell.

Rust

Heatherlie Quarry.

Grampians Fire from Big Hill Stawell

It has been very hot here with the temperature on Saturday over 40c. We had no spring rains last year and it is very dry. A dangerous fast moving grass fire near Ararat at the weekend created a lot of devastation in its path. Tonight there is a large fire in the Northern Grampians.

 The Grampians Ranges are at the end of the Great Dividing Range that begins in Queensland and travels down the east coast of Australia ,ending here in Victoria. The first photo shows the end to the right hand side of the photo. These photos were taken form Big Hill tonight. The air smells like smoke and there has not been a day for weeks that the fire siren has not been heard at some point in the day.

Pioneer Memorial Big Hill Stawell

The Pioneer Memorial Big Hill Stawell. With a beautiful backdrop of clouds.

Eucalyptus Leucoxylon Rosea

Eucalyptus Leucoxylon Rosea growing on Big Hill Stawell.

After the Fire, Heatherlie Quarry Grampians National Park

 The ground is still very bare, but the trees are shooting green.

 The heat of the fire must have been very intense.

 Orange bark peeling from the tree in contrast to the blackened trees.

Blue sky contrasts with the mountain and trees.

Hakea Pods

It is amazing to me what can survive such intense fire? A hakea pod enticed open by the fire, Heatherlie Quarry, Grampians National Park.

Blackboys

Blackboys or Native Grass Trees flower after fires, There are wonderful displays of them at the moment in the Northern Grampians. This photo was taken near the Heatherlie Quarry car park.

Spring in the Ironbarks Forest, Stawell

Everlastings

Three Jacks Reserve, Ironbarks Forest, Stawell.  

Grampians Sunset

Last nights sunset over the Grampians from Big Hill Stawell.