Tasmania's fire damage prompts warnings about system collapse

Dan Broun - he gives us a look
bushfire damage to Tasmania's
World Heritage Area.

The first images to emerge from within Tasmania's fire-affected World Heritage Area (WHA) have illustrated the level of destruction caused by bushfire, as experts warn such incidents are signs of a changing climate.

Many fires continue to burn around the state, ignited by lightning strikes. Some are in remote areas including Tasmania's Central Plateau, within the WHA.

Wilderness photographer and bushwalker Dan Broun has just returned from the Central Plateau.

Vision he filmed shows how the fires have raced through the area, which is home to unique alpine flora including pencil pines, king billy pines and cushion plants, some more than 1,000 years old.

Read the ABC story - “Tasmania fires: First images of World Heritage Area devastation emerge, showsigns of 'system collapse'.”