Seed pods following fire

For most Australian plants there are two basic seed pod types. The first are the fairly conventional types where the seed is shed as soon as it is ripe. The second, such as these, are woody ones that remain on the plant indefinitely, waiting for a fire to release the seed. These include banksia, tea tree, bottlebrush and eucalypts.

The burnt bushland looks desolate and dead, but in fact there's rather a lot going on.

It's strangely beautiful.