Picture 2: This picture is an aerial view taken in February 1987 of the area around Kalka. The mulga grass had never recovered from being burnt by the fire in 1985. The rubbish dump can be seen in the centre right edge of the photograph. Note how small falls of rain have produced areas of green vegetation in the foreground. These areas form the floodout of the creek flowing from the hills at the back of Kalka.

Picture 3: An aerial view overhead the town area of Kalka (February 87), showing the trees and shrubs planted in an attempt to improve the environment.	Picture 4: View of the shifting sand building up around a shrub of melaleuca glomerata (March 88). Wind blown sand remained a problem well after the direct seeding program in October 87.

Picture 5: View of the staggered furrows 6 months (March 88) after being ploughed around Kalka in the October 87 direct seeding program. There was a small fall of rain in December 87 (5-6 mm) however the follow up rain in the autumn was too little too late. Hence the winds continued to blow and the mounds began to sink back into the soil surface.	Picture 6: View of a healthy buffel grass plant grown from seed which germinated in the December 87 fall of rain. Because the conditions were so dry, the plant quickly set seed to reproduce itself and hopefully grow again after the next rains.

Picture 7: View of an opposed disc plough mounted on the three point linkage of a large tractor at Kalka (October 87).	Picture 8: View of buffel grass 13.5 years after planting (March 2001). This grass has become well established in the areas that surround the community providing a ground cover which effectively reduces the dust problem that existed in the 1980's.

The problems experienced by the Kalka people as a result of losing the ground cover that surrounded their community demonstrates the importance of managing these areas. In times when people lived traditionally, they would move to another location if this type of disaster occurred, however this is not so easy these days. Care needs to be taken when managing the vegetation that covers the areas surrounding a community.