Extreme heat causing ginger syndrome in eucalypts
Extreme heat in northern Tasmania is transforming the look of the bush. From Smithton to Bridport, thousands of eucalypts (mainly white gums and blue gums) have died or are stressed and leaking sap from their bark.
"Once you see this thing it's everywhere," Brett Glanville an electrician in the area said. Mr Glanville travels all over northern Tasmania and he has been worried by what he has seen.