Fire. In Talisker Conservation Park. This park is located on the south-western area of the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, is north west of Deep Creek Conservation Park, and it is populated by rough barked manna gum (Eucalyptus viminalis spp. cygnetensis).
It is primarily known for the former Talisker Silver Mine, which is of significant heritage value, as a largely intact example of historical silver mining practises that represent Cornish mining traditions and mine construction techniques. Deep Creek Conservation Park is the largest portion of remaining natural vegetation on the Fleurieu Peninsula, and it is surrounded by land that has been cleared and is now being used for agriculture, particularly grazing.
There has been a moderate decline in rainfall in the region since the 1970s. Summer in South Australia's Mediterranean climate-type climate with its warm-to-hot dry summers and mild-wet winters means high temperatures, hot north-westerly desert winds, and increased risk of high intensity fires.
Climate change projections for the region indicate decreasing rainfall (the winter rainfall is largely declining), increasing temperatures, rising sea levels and more severe fire danger days. So more bushfires.
2024 was both the hottest year on record for the earth's climate and the first year to exceed 1.5C of warming over preindustrial levels.To ensure that warming does not exceed 1.5°C for a prolonged period, and avoid the worst effects of climate change, we need to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Conservative politicians in Australia continue to deny that there is any connection between the 21st century high intensity bushfires and climate heating (not just change). They deny climate science and resist the need for a successful transition to clean energy that is vital if Australia is to tackle the climate crisis. Their policy, to allow polluting coal-fired power stations to continue running for longer than currently forecast, enhance, enable and energize the fires.
The Federal Albanese Labor Government in Canberra continues to approve coal and gas projects that threaten to make things worse whilst Australia continues to be the third largest exporter of fossil fuels in the world. The Albanese Government currently supports unlimited growth fossil fuel production and export, and there are over 100 new fossil fuel projects in the pipeline.
So Australia can expect more catastrophic fires in the future.