Grampians National Park is still burning – here’s what we can expect will survive and recover
- Written by John White, Associate Professor in Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Deakin University
Fire broke out in the Grampians National Park (Gariwerd) in December and raged for weeks. Then lightning strikes ignited fresh blazes late last month, which merged to form a mega-fire that’s not out yet.
This 168,000-hectare reserve, about 200km west of Melbourne, is a significant ecological and cultural landscape. Its ancient sandstone...





