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Twelve Apostles Fire – 12 Month Update

November 15, 2018November 25, 2018 / justinhawthorneblog / 2 Comments

As expected the mountain is looking spectacular and a new wave of colour has hit these parts.

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Twelve Apostles Fire – 11 Month Update

October 20, 2018October 12, 2018 / justinhawthorneblog / 4 Comments

Dominant species across the spine include Cape Anemone, Star-eyed Aristea and the striking Witmagriet. In damp areas you'll find Bulbinella nutans and Sterretjies in abundance. A seriously impressive sight.

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Twelve Apostles Fire – 10 Month Update

October 19, 2018October 12, 2018 / justinhawthorneblog / 3 Comments

The silver hairs on the leaves of young Conebushes, standing just about 10 cm high, shimmered in the gentle sunlight. Vibrant yellow Spiloxene littered the damp plateau, with a splash of purple and white from flowering Romulea and Cape Anemone.

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Twelve Apostles Fire – 9 Month Update

October 18, 2018October 12, 2018 / justinhawthorneblog / 4 Comments

At our somewhat sheltered lunch spot a Klipspringer kept its eye on us while we enjoyed multiple cups of tea that got cold faster than you could sip it finished.

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Twelve Apostles Fire – 8 Month Update

October 17, 2018October 12, 2018 / justinhawthorneblog / 5 Comments

The regeneration up on the Apostles Spine is remarkable! Well, although it is rather expected, one can still get excited when thinking back 8 months when the area was a typical post-fire moonscape.

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Twelve Apostles Fire – 6 and 7 Month Update

October 16, 2018October 12, 2018 / justinhawthorneblog / 6 Comments

Immediately the blue of Aristea capitata caught the eye in among the intense greens on the south facing slopes where recovery is incredibly fast.

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Twelve Apostles Fire – 5 Month Update

October 15, 2018October 12, 2018 / justinhawthorneblog / 7 Comments

These slopes are rocky and steep, but slowly the vegetation is reestablishing itself.

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Twelve Apostles Fire – 4 Month Update

October 14, 2018October 12, 2018 / justinhawthorneblog / 8 Comments

The striking yellow inflorescence of Bobartia indica is unmissable as these tall Irises flower abundantly across the burnt slopes of the southern Twelve Apostles.

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Twelve Apostles Fire – 3 Month Update

October 13, 2018October 12, 2018 / justinhawthorneblog / 15 Comments

Watsonia tabularis is in flower and it is an absolutely spectacular display up on the Apostles spine. These geophytes (of the Iris family) thrive after fire.

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Twelve Apostles Fire – 2 Month Update

October 12, 2018 / justinhawthorneblog / 10 Comments

The Fire Lilies had finished blooming, but the emergence of Watsonia tabularis ensured that there were still splashes of orange on the mountain slopes.

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The wind up here was bitterly cold, but the views...just amazing! ⛰️
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Twelve Apostles viewed from the Western Table.
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