maccamob: RIP Steavey. When we went to check on him, we found the landscape considerably changed. The effects of the Black Saturday fires were very much in evidence.Many of the beautiful mountain ash trees are dead; about half are showing regrowth on average, but the proportion varies between the east and west sides of the valley, with barely a third surviving on the east side. The whole valley much more open and bright now. The path beside Steavey's home shows plenty of evidence of new earthworks carried out by DSE as part of their ongoing restoration of the area. We are unsure whether Steavey survived the fires or not, but he seems to be buried anyway. However, like the mythical Phoenix, he has risen again in a new form. See GC2H6JP, "Steavey Tumbles Again", for his new life, and enjoy the falls all over again - they are flowing very well right now.