We've had some rain!

Hopefully the 35mm of rain that fell last night will allow some shoots to appear in the areas that look like this....

[Babs]

Oh that is such good news. We have had rain here for the last 2 days too.

[Lastrami]

I wished I could send you the rain we currently have ...

[Jane Pittenger]

So glad at least you got some drops

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It's good to hear you had some rain and hopefully it will do as you say. The trees really look like they could use it.

[Shutterbug]

Hope you get more rain. Given half a chance, trees are pretty resilient.

[Peter H]

It does look quite stark. Does it regenerate quickly?

[KoalaGardens🐨]

so glad you got some - here I doubt we've even had 1mm, but it is lightly sprinkling now. what I'd give for 35!

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful shot. Looks like this or maybe worse in Summer but with the first rains the fields start coming to life again.

[Wylie]

what a mess, hope you get good rains.

[Pigeons Farm]

I hope the rain makes a difference :)

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot

[Margaret Brown]

Good news and hopefully a greener capture soon!!

[Rob Z]

Hi Ann and Dione - this is one of the sections of town which was burnt out a few weeks ago. Normally there would be green shoots here already but it's been so hot and dry that nothing has happened yet. Hopefully this rain will let some seeds germinate and the trees reshoot. Thanks for your interest and your comments. :)
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[Rob Z]

Hi Shutterbug and Peter - thanks for your interest. Australian bush has evolved with fire and usually regenerates pretty quickly. Some shrubs have seeds which only germinate after a fire and some can reshoot from the root system. The gums have several features for survival and it varies from species to species. However, for nearly all of them being burnt too often by really hot fires can still kill them. These ones should be OK hopefully. Cheers Rob
@shutterbug49 @peadar

[Marnie]

Yayyyyy!!!!! Should be some green soon.

[Denise Wood]

35 mils - fantastic :)

[Margo]

Yes we had a bit more than that, so it will fill peoples tanks