Green shoots amid the ashes

Two months after fires tore through a million hectares from Queensland down to Sydney’s edge, signs of forest life are emerging.

Vegetation regrowth among bushland in Kulnura, on the NSW Central Coast. Picture: AAP

An area on the outskirts of Bateman’s Bay, on the NSW sotuh coast. Picture: AAP

A plant sprouts from blackened earth near Nattai, southwest of Sydney. Picture: AP

Bush regeneration at Koorainghat, on the NSW mid-north coast. Picture: Adam Yip

Fires ripped through Koorainghat in November. Picture: Adam Yip

Scenes along The Great Alpine Road in Victoria. Picture: Jason Edwards

Green shoots emerge from a bushfire-damaged tree outside of Bateman’s Bay, Picture: AAP

Things are looking up at Peregian, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Picture: AAP

The sight and smell of forest regrowth has heartened locals near Koorainghat. Picture: Adam Yip

Leaves begin to sprout from the trunk of a blackened and burned tree near Nattai. Picture: AP

Locals at Bateman’s Bay, south of Sydney, said recent bushfires there ‘were like no other’. Picture: AAP

At Walkers Point, near Maryborough in Queensland, shoots are adding colour to the blackened surrounds. Picture: Mike Knott