JULIE SPENCER, RECOVERY (LANDSCAPE 2022)

The bushfires of 2003 and again in 2020 devastated the ecosystems and communities in the Australian Alps. This series was captured in the first week of 2022 in the Kosciusko National Park, between Yarrangobilly and Talbingo NSW. Among the blackened logs grows an extraordinary bloom of wild flowers, however, it is still doubtful whether the Alpine Ash trees will make a full recovery.

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