Hi,
According to the NSW RFS web site there was a 20 Ha grass fire at Ash Island (Newcastle) today. It is now listed as under control. Does anyone know where on the island it was, and whether it was a planned hazard reduction burn or accidental. I was there last week and did not see any notification about planned burns.
Regards
Roger.
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Hi Roger, The fire was actually on Sunday. From the media reports (which said 1ha, 5ha and 20ha in different reports!), I doubt that it was a controlled burn. Below is some text from one of Ash Island’s most regular visitors, Nev McNaughton: “It was behind the line of Mangroves East of the start of Ramsar Rd., there’s a big open area of Kikuyu there and it burnt that and some Saltmarsh, no real damage other than Grass Owls have been reported in there. Access to the island is no longer a problem.”
Incidentally, as far as I’m aware no wagtails were seen on the island over the weekend despite numerous observers being out there.
Mick
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Hi,
According to the NSW RFS web site there was a 20 Ha grass fire at Ash Island (Newcastle) today. It is now listed as under control. Does anyone know where on the island it was, and whether it was a planned hazard reduction burn or accidental. I was there last week and did not see any notification about planned burns.
Regards
Roger.
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