Category Archives: Environment
KOALAS NOT OUT OF THE WOODS Is the Platypus next?
We start the decade on a grim note; so far over 8 to 10 million hectares devastated by fire and a billion animals killed. Many of the surviving now threatened species only have small amounts of habitat left. We’ve lost
SO IT’S UP TO US FOLKS!
We have a government led by a Prime Minister in denial that anything is wrong. His sales pitch and hype is hitting a sour note. Not to mention the secrecy. For a marketing man he has a tin ear. Not
OUR WINGHAM BRUSH IS DYING
If ever there was an indication of the dire straits we are in as a result of drought caused by Climate Change, it’s right here. The Wingham Brush, drawcard to the Manning Valley, is critically drought-stressed from the worst drought
OUR KOALAS RULE… OK?
It is only the start of our summer and the loss of habitat from bushfires in our region and elsewhere, particularly in eastern Australia, is profound. Bushfire experts, like Professor Ross Bradstock, University of Wollongong is advising that worse is
BIGHT CEMETERY COVER-UP?
Almost six months have now elapsed and the residents of the Wingham and indeed the broader MidCoast community, particularly those who have family in cemeteries throughout the LGA, are still no wiser as to how such a desecration of their
Fire Storm – The Aftermath
In the wake of the devastating, unprecedented bushfires with a long dry, hot summer ahead of us, obvious questions ‘What next?’ and ‘Where to from here?’ are being asked. This is the time to talk about Climate Change and our
Extinction Rebellion Mid North Coast…Who We Are.
Chris Sheed OAM If you hadn’t heard of Extinction Rebellion a few weeks ago, chances are that you have by now. Extinction Rebellion (often abbreviated to XR) has almost become a household phrase following the intense media coverage of the
CHOPPER CRASH IN ARNHEM LAND . . .
FOLLOWING OUR STORY LAST MONTH ON BORIS’S HELICOPTER CRASH ON TOP OF AYER’S ROCK, LOCAL RESIDENT, JIM FRAZIER, CAMERAMAN FOR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH FOR MANY YEARS AND WHO IS KNOWN WORLDWIDE FOR INVENTING A UNIQUE CLOSE UP CAMERA LENS, HIS LATE
Bob & Co Make A Pit Stop With Us
The irrepressible Bob Brown, his partner Paul, members of the Bob Brown Foundation, and a convoy of supporters are driving to Queensland to raise awareness …yet again, at the madness of allowing the Adani mine to go ahead. We had
What low life has done this?
Okay, you can call me a tree hugger along with a lot of others who appreciate trees. Who not only respect and enjoy the beauty, peace and comfort of sheltering shady trees, or who have been awestruck standing in the
THE DEATH OF THE DARLING RIVER
We have all seen the shocking state of the river system that was the life blood for a huge area of QLD, NSW and SA. The deaths of millions of fish, some so old they have survived all other water
