A hidden waterfall has emerged from the Black Saturday bushfire ashes as Victoria's Upper Murray region unleashes its natural beauty to lure in tourists and move on.
abc.net.au/news/upper-murray-projects-rebuild-tourism-industry-after-bushfires/102312326Once completely hidden beneath dense scrub, Thowgla's sparkling waterfall has emerged from the Black Summer ashes.The projects are helping spur on tourism after the Black Summer bushfires"You couldn't see it from the road, you could only hear it," Forest Fire Management Victoria Corryong forest and roading manager, Ian McKimmie, said.
It has only just been completed, but already tourists from as far as Melbourne have begun trickling in to see the remote High Country beauty. The Thowgla Falls site has been transformed with the help of the state government's $110 million Bushfire Recovery Program and the $10.6 million Victoria's Great Outdoors program.The area was burnt to black after the fires, but the vegetation and wildlife are starting to bounce back.
"Hopefully the community can come up here, see what this, reflect on what's here, what we have got, not about what's happened, but getting away from it."The bushfire recovery process helped unleash a fresh stream of funding for tourism projects in the region that would have likely otherwise taken years to secure.Just a short drive away, the fires have unveiled previously obscured views of neighbouring snow-capped Mount Kosciuszko, allowing the new Walkers Lookout to be created.
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