Old Tumbarumba Road Bush Fire Damage video, started by the Dunn’s Road bush fire December 2019. Eucalyptus & Fire hazard According to Tim Flannery (The Future Eaters), fire is one of the most important forces at work in the Australian environment. Aboriginal people used fire-stick farming to burn vegetation to facilitate hunting and promote the growth of bush potatoes and other edible ground-level plants. In central Australia, they used fire in this way to manage their country for thousands of years. Flannery writes that “The use of fire by Aboriginal people was so widespread and constant that virtually every early … Continue reading Old Tumbarumba Road Bush Fire Damage January 2020