I am sure you are all aware of or have experienced the haze that has enveloped most of the state this last week. I could not believe the extent of it as I drove from Hobart all the way down to the Tasman Peninsula. At the time I had no idea what caused it but had an inkling and said to my friend that it was probably Forestry burning off. How right I was. And to think that they are trying to blame the poor land ownerfor this. How sad.
Whilst walking to Cape Hauy on Thursday they even started a burnoff near Fortescue plains and they certianly didn't reach 20,000 feet! I have a couple of photos I will share later of this. Sadder than this was the noticable areas of clear felling along the way in.
Here is a couple of interesting articles on it:
http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/weblog/article/tassie-burns/
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/24/2226024.htm
I really hope that this is all worth the environmental impact it must be having.