Comments on: Truth of Koala “Sam” Picture Revealed http://on-walkabout.com/2009/02/truth-koala-sam-picture-revealed/ with Dobbs Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:38:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: L Wolff http://on-walkabout.com/2009/02/truth-koala-sam-picture-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-502 L Wolff Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:32:38 +0000 http://on-walkabout.com/?p=3074#comment-502 Just a further clarification, not 30 but 34 houses were burnt in that fire and, as Ramair said, there is no such thing as "routine Backburning". Why would a fire authority be irresponsible enough to light any kind of fire on day of TOTAL FIREBAN? :?: :?: :?: Just a further clarification, not 30 but 34 houses were burnt in that fire and, as Ramair said, there is no such thing as “routine Backburning”.
Why would a fire authority be irresponsible enough to light any kind of fire on day of TOTAL FIREBAN?
:?: :?: :?:

]]> By: Dobbs http://on-walkabout.com/2009/02/truth-koala-sam-picture-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Dobbs Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:38:41 +0000 http://on-walkabout.com/?p=3074#comment-501 Ramair, thanks for the clarification and as I said before I have no problem with the image because it was able to raise awareness about the impact the fires had on Australian wildlife. Ramair, thanks for the clarification and as I said before I have no problem with the image because it was able to raise awareness about the impact the fires had on Australian wildlife.

]]> By: Ramair http://on-walkabout.com/2009/02/truth-koala-sam-picture-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Ramair Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:22:18 +0000 http://on-walkabout.com/?p=3074#comment-500 A little late for a comment..but..I wish to clarify something about the claims of the so called 'misleading' story on Sam the Koala and David Tree. Firstly, the Mirboo North fire, where David met Sam for the first time, which occured a week before the deadly large fires, destroyed 30 homes and burnt out over 6,000 hectares of forest and farmland. No human lives were lost, this we can thank the fire firefighters for. The fire was claimed to have been deliberately lit, as the fire ignited from two seperate points alongside the main Mirboo North to Morwell highway. The reports I have read about the supposed misleading aspect of this story, all claim the meeting happened during 'routine backburning'. Well, sorry, there is no such thing as routine backburning. They all have this confused with routine fuel reduction burning, which is conducted out of the peak fire season. A backburn is a first line fire fighting offensive. It is strategically lit to fight uncontrolled fire with controlled fire. The intention is to consume the fuel available for an out of control fire, prior to it reaching that point. The aim is to pull up the fire before it has a chance to progress and threaten human life and property. Unfortunately, it can be the backburn that increases overall forest and wildlife loss. But it is intended to minimise overall damage. Nothing routine about a backburn. The David and Sam story is as genuine as it looks. A real story, and a real caring Aussie character in David Tree. The video and photo was a classic catch, a great moment in time. A little late for a comment..but..I wish to clarify something about the claims of the so called ‘misleading’ story on Sam the Koala and David Tree. Firstly, the Mirboo North fire, where David met Sam for the first time, which occured a week before the deadly large fires, destroyed 30 homes and burnt out over 6,000 hectares of forest and farmland. No human lives were lost, this we can thank the fire firefighters for. The fire was claimed to have been deliberately lit, as the fire ignited from two seperate points alongside the main Mirboo North to Morwell highway. The reports I have read about the supposed misleading aspect of this story, all claim the meeting happened during ‘routine backburning’. Well, sorry, there is no such thing as routine backburning. They all have this confused with routine fuel reduction burning, which is conducted out of the peak fire season. A backburn is a first line fire fighting offensive. It is strategically lit to fight uncontrolled fire with controlled fire. The intention is to consume the fuel available for an out of control fire, prior to it reaching that point. The aim is to pull up the fire before it has a chance to progress and threaten human life and property. Unfortunately, it can be the backburn that increases overall forest and wildlife loss. But it is intended to minimise overall damage. Nothing routine about a backburn. The David and Sam story is as genuine as it looks. A real story, and a real caring Aussie character in David Tree. The video and photo was a classic catch, a great moment in time.

]]> By: Dobbs http://on-walkabout.com/2009/02/truth-koala-sam-picture-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Dobbs Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:21:09 +0000 http://on-walkabout.com/?p=3074#comment-495 The footage is from a back burn that was going on before the big bushfires. At just about any given time in Australia during the summer there is a bushfire going on. When people talk about the big bushfires they say 7FEB because that is when the big fires began due to the arsonists and wind conditions that day. Notice that is why I said "big bushfires" in my posting because 7FEB is when they really did get big. The footage is from a back burn that was going on before the big bushfires.

At just about any given time in Australia during the summer there is a bushfire going on. When people talk about the big bushfires they say 7FEB because that is when the big fires began due to the arsonists and wind conditions that day. Notice that is why I said “big bushfires” in my posting because 7FEB is when they really did get big.

]]> By: L Wolff http://on-walkabout.com/2009/02/truth-koala-sam-picture-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-496 L Wolff Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:15:28 +0000 http://on-walkabout.com/?p=3074#comment-496 Why do everybody claim that the fires started on Saturday 7 February :?: THEY DIDN'T. Friend of mine's parents were the first victims of the fires and they lost their house on Saturday 31 January :sad: Sooo, even though the date of the footage is earlier than the fires that claimed the first lives, the footage is CERTAINLY from the Victorian Bushfies. Why do everybody claim that the fires started on Saturday 7 February :?:
THEY DIDN’T.
Friend of mine’s parents were the first victims of the fires and they lost their house on Saturday 31 January :sad:
Sooo, even though the date of the footage is earlier than the fires that claimed the first lives, the footage is CERTAINLY from the Victorian Bushfies.

]]> By: wanda oshea http://on-walkabout.com/2009/02/truth-koala-sam-picture-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-497 wanda oshea Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:34:02 +0000 http://on-walkabout.com/?p=3074#comment-497 who cares when the photographs/videos were taken; these little guys and all the others like them need our help all the time! Timing doesn't increase or decrease this fact one jot. Nor is an animal being injured in one fire more or less important than another. As the photographs attest. who cares when the photographs/videos were taken; these little guys and all the others like them need our help all the time! Timing doesn’t increase or decrease this fact one jot. Nor is an animal being injured in one fire more or less important than another. As the photographs attest.

]]> By: Dobbs http://on-walkabout.com/2009/02/truth-koala-sam-picture-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Dobbs Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:20:20 +0000 http://on-walkabout.com/?p=3074#comment-499 This koala may not have been from the big bushfire but the image was able to raise awareness about the impact the fires had on Australian wildlife. The latest I have read is that authorities expect of 1 million animals to have been killed in this fire. This koala may not have been from the big bushfire but the image was able to raise awareness about the impact the fires had on Australian wildlife. The latest I have read is that authorities expect of 1 million animals to have been killed in this fire.

]]> By: jenni http://on-walkabout.com/2009/02/truth-koala-sam-picture-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-498 jenni Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:19:54 +0000 http://on-walkabout.com/?p=3074#comment-498 AND? it is still showing the plight of animals in the wild after a fire TRUE? AND? it is still showing the plight of animals in the wild after a fire TRUE?

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