The median strip on High Street in Rushworth (said to be the site for shops in the really early days) is grassed and has some old deciduous trees.

But the long drought is having a sad effect on these trees, one in particular, which has been losing its leaves over the past couple of weeks. The photo below was taken last week on Tue or Wed, Feb 6 or 7, 2007):

There's an album of a few photos taken by one of the volunteer firefighters who was attending to bushfires down in Gippsland around Howitville near Dargo.

Here's one: