Recent content by the-intercepter

this thread has no point now lol You ever seen a "backburn" put in? flame height should be kept below 1.5m (not the scorch height), thats usually enough for native plants. if you burn to much, it changes the vegetation you usually only conduct a HR (hazard reduction) around towns...

It will burn if you get it hot enough, but you`d find that those small pockets of temperate rainforest are ony there becasue it hasnt burnt there with past fires, which would make it unlikely it would burn there in the future.

exactly

"the pattern of fire spread often reveals a predictable pedestrian rate of 16–20 km/h for the maximum fire speed." Thats your Sclerophyll forest. As the wind oscillates, its change in direction progressively picks up the flames on the flank, giving the appearance of a wave of flame actively...

hopfully we will learn somthing from it. i think there is a thin line before it creates mass panic though, but we do need somthing better lol bogans, oh dear

im srry and take that back, it was a freak of nature. im guessing that the fire didnt travel down any existing fire cooradors, and with the front jumpin somthing like 7km in 14min (correct me if im wrong) thats movin im on the pre-list to go down

they knew what the conditions were going to be like. poor souls, fire education needs to be drilled into every one. but hey, it will happin again

Has any one out done the theory and prac test for a MR (medium rigid) licence??? ive got a rough understandin of wat you have to do in the prac test but the theory ( the HVCBA), it is like a green p`s test? or just a bunch of questions out of the book??? thanks if any one could help

I spose ill see you`s all there then lol oh, and what is the difference between a Bach. of science, and an international Bach of science??

yeah, might drive the 2hrs up to wollongong to start off with, hopfully i can find some where to live up there lol

"At the same time that a mining industry desperate for the expertise of geologists has allowed some graduates to push their starting salaries beyond $100,000, university geology departments are cutting staff and subjects or closing altogether." then again... that was back in 06 in the SMH

might be a stupid question, but.... what happins when we get our UAC preferences? (spacifically wollongong)

if you tell someone who aint in the education industry, they couldnt give a fuck im proud of my 65.4

ring the uni u want to go to i rang the gong for the sake of it, and they gave me 5 more points "oh, you come from vincentia, here, have 3 more" cheers all, congrats

best god dam school on the south coast vincentia high! we dont have enough power points for laptops, and power boards are dangerous :(