Wimmera Landcare Fire Recovery Partnership
Supporting your bush after fire
A practical guide for people with native bush on their place — how to read what the fire did, work out what needs help, and spend your effort where it counts.
The five questions
The guide is built around the questions people have asked us after the 2024 and 2025 bushfires:
- Was this a ‘good fire’ or a ‘bad fire’ for my block? What sort of country is this, and how does it respond to fire? (Part 1)
- What should I look out for? What should recover, in what order, and how long will it take? (Part 2)
- Is my block recovering the way it should? How to track what survived and what is coming back. (Part 3)
- What should I actually do? Weeds, pests, hollows, thinning, replanting — and in what order. (Part 4)
- So what do I do first? (Part 5)
The guide
- FrontBefore you start3 sections
- Part 1Where you are4 sections
- Part 2What to look out for3 sections
- Part 3Tracking the recovery9 sections
- Part 4Helping it along9 sections
- Part 5Your property plan3 sections
- Part 6If you haven’t burnt yet3 sections
- BackReference3 sections
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