The drought..

[tgh]

It is not getting enough exposure in the cities , but the bush is doing it hard.
Sadly it is all the voiceless animals who suffer the most.

There are many voices calling for people to care, this is just one…..


Hey I’m not someone who is in to politics or ranting on Facebook.

But I have just spent 4 days out in Cobar helping a good mate.

I spent 4 days fishing but not with a fishing line but with a excavator to remove hundreds of dead sheep and Roos that are stuck in drying dams,
Driving to pick up kids, but not from school, I was picking up baby lambs who were sitting next to there dead mothers for days on end.

It’s the worst I’ve seen it in 18 years of going out there.

My mate has spent $150k on hay and now he can’t afford to buy anymore,

I’m booked in to head back out to help put down the sheep that can’t be sold.

Look like I said I don’t weigh in on politics but surely Malcom instead of all the sitting members of parliament taking a stupid paycheque they could give up 1% each and start subsidies for drought stricken farms on the transport of hay. At the moment they only subsidise donated hay. This is a joke, if the government just dropped the tax on the fuel for the trucks that move this valuable commodity around , my mate could afford to feed his sheep for a few more months,

Anyway Malcom you keep the junkies and doll bludgers going.

Australia should be ashamed, we worry about 2% of sheep dying on boats going overseas, because you seen a video of it, but what about the 90% dying in the paddock.

Higgins storm chasing on fb has raised a decent chunk of cash in just a week… It will never save all the dying animals , but it will help some.

We can all help.

 

[Pushka]

It is not getting enough exposure in the cities , but the bush is doing it hard.
Sadly it is all the voiceless animals who suffer the most.

There are many voices calling for people to care, this is just one…..


Hey I’m not someone who is in to politics or ranting on Facebook.

But I have just spent 4 days out in Cobar helping a good mate.

I spent 4 days fishing but not with a fishing line but with a excavator to remove hundreds of dead sheep and Roos that are stuck in drying dams,
Driving to pick up kids, but not from school, I was picking up baby lambs who were sitting next to there dead mothers for days on end.

It’s the worst I’ve seen it in 18 years of going out there.

My mate has spent $150k on hay and now he can’t afford to buy anymore,

I’m booked in to head back out to help put down the sheep that can’t be sold.

Look like I said I don’t weigh in on politics but surely Malcom instead of all the sitting members of parliament taking a stupid paycheque they could give up 1% each and start subsidies for drought stricken farms on the transport of hay. At the moment they only subsidise donated hay. This is a joke, if the government just dropped the tax on the fuel for the trucks that move this valuable commodity around , my mate could afford to feed his sheep for a few more months,

Anyway Malcom you keep the junkies and doll bludgers going.

Australia should be ashamed, we worry about 2% of sheep dying on boats going overseas, because you seen a video of it, but what about the 90% dying in the paddock.

Higgins storm chasing on fb has raised a decent chunk of cash in just a week… It will never save all the dying animals , but it will help some.

We can all help.

Agree. I’ve made $200 donation this past week. Around $140 for stock feed and $60 for a hamper. Thanks for posting.

We can all help.

 

[romney]

This is a photo I took last week while out doing our daily trip to hand feed sheep on my parents property. Not a blade of green in sight at the end of July! The worst part about this photo - this is in the mid-north of SA, not even close to being the worst area hit by the drought. I can’t even imagine what it must be like in NSW.

Dig deep for the farmers, we need them.

 

[Hvr]

So is there still doubt that climate change is occurring?

Another huge and unvoiced issue is land clearing by farmers.

There was a documentary recently on SBS called Cultivating Murder about a farmer in Croppa Creek NSW who murdered "Glen Turner, an officer with the Office of Environment & Heritage, had been investigating illegal broad-scale land clearing in the area when he was gunned down."

The farmer caused irreparable damage to the land and local fauna but the town blamed the Environmental Officer for interfering. The EOs family were even hounded after his murder.

Another report notes that:

Land clearing laws 'statutory theft' says latest NSW Farmers chief
The new president of the NSW Farmers association has fired a warning at the State Government over land clearing issues, labelling its laws "statutory theft".

As farmers know, as ye sow so shall ye reap. By removing native trees, flora and fauna they are degrading the land leaving it even more vulnerable when drought occurs if not even increasing their frequency.

Some farmers and their federation need to change their views and realise that science is their friend not the enemy.

The quick and dirty answer is to give farmers more money.

The hard and essential question is, how do we adapt to the changing climate and its subsequent effects on the environment. Once being discussed then a discussion on the most suitable crops can commence.

Are we prepared to change our diet to preserve the country? If not voluntarily, then definitely be prepared for some very hard times in the future.

 

[Pushka]

So is there still doubt that climate change is occurring?

Another huge and unvoiced issue is land clearing by farmers.

There was a documentary recently on SBS called Cultivating Murder about a farmer in Croppa Creek NSW who murdered "Glen Turner, an officer with the Office of Environment & Heritage, had been investigating illegal broad-scale land clearing in the area when he was gunned down."

The farmer caused irreparable damage to the land and local fauna but the town blamed the Environmental Officer for interfering. The EOs family were even hounded after his murder.

Another report notes that:



As farmers know, as ye sow so shall ye reap. By removing native trees, flora and fauna they are degrading the land leaving it even more vulnerable when drought occurs if not even increasing their frequency.

Some farmers and their federation need to change their views and realise that science is their friend not the enemy.

The quick and dirty answer is to give farmers more money.

The hard and essential question is, how do we adapt to the changing climate and its subsequent effects on the environment. Once being discussed then a discussion on the most suitable crops can commence.

Are we prepared to change our diet to preserve the country? If not voluntarily, then definitely be prepared for some very hard times in the future.

Climate change has been occurring since earth was created. That has never been in dispute for me. What is in dispute for me is the contribution that mankind makes in comparison with natural events like volcanoes and the like. Space events. All of which are completely out of our control. We try to stop climate change but we simply can’t. Mother Nature is far more powerful. What we have to do is try manage and adapt to it.

Originally it was deemed ‘global warning’. Then that didn’t fit the reality so it became climate change.

 

[tgh]

I am not about saving farmers hvr.
I am about helping innocent , voiceless animals who cannot help themselves.

 

[tgh]

Just Now

Sunrise :

Over the past few days tens of thousands of you have been lobbying us here on Facebook to give the Cash Cow money to drought affected farmers...

We heard you, and thanks to Woolworths, next week we’ll match the Cash Cow money with the same amount - $10,000 a day to Rural Aid!

You can also chip in at ALL Woolies registers across the country from tomorrow.

 

[Pushka]

Just Now

Sunrise :

Over the past few days tens of thousands of you have been lobbying us here on Facebook to give the Cash Cow money to drought affected farmers...

We heard you, and thanks to Woolworths, next week we’ll match the Cash Cow money with the same amount - $10,000 a day to Rural Aid!

You can also chip in at ALL Woolies registers across the country from tomorrow.

I wish the same people who demonstrate about live animal exports took a bit of interest in what actually happens in Australia!

 

[Pushka]

This is what makes me proud to be an Aussie.

Leon Dowsett

 

[tgh]

This is what makes me proud to be an Aussie.

Indeed ,there is a growing wave of people pitching in.

 

[RB]

Coonabarabran is my home town. This article helps to illustrate how bad things are.'It's dire': farmers battle their worst drought in 100 years – photo essay | Environment | The Guardian.
The town has been on level 6 water restrictions since the start of March

 

[OATEK]

My Uncles had a property out along the Auburn River (Qld) where they went without rain for 7 years. This was back in the 60s, and I well remember the impact (herds reduced by 75%). They got by through diversifying - turkeys proved a winner, and by working all week in the town, and only weekend on their property. We went and worked on the properties back in the day, but now I think I can be more helpful by donating bales of hay.

I worked for the NSW Soil Conservation Service for a decade, an organisation born out of the dustbowls of the depression years, and which has worked hard to bring new practices to farmers to reduce erosion, save water and improve production.

So climate change has been with us for a while, and the current drought is more remarkable for the ability to involve city communities than those of the past. Cycles of drought and periods of record crops will be a pattern for many centuries I suspect, as it has in recent decades.

 

[Pushka]

I think the situation in SA has been

My Uncles had a property out along the Auburn River (Qld) where they went without rain for 7 years. This was back in the 60s, and I well remember the impact (herds reduced by 75%). They got by through diversifying - turkeys proved a winner, and by working all week in the town, and only weekend on their property. We went and worked on the properties back in the day, but now I think I can be more helpful by donating bales of hay.

I worked for the NSW Soil Conservation Service for a decade, an organisation born out of the dustbowls of the depression years, and which has worked hard to bring new practices to farmers to reduce erosion, save water and improve production.

So climate change has been with us for a while, and the current drought is more remarkable for the ability to involve city communities than those of the past. Cycles of drought and periods of record crops will be a pattern for many centuries I suspect, as it has in recent decades.

climatae change has been with us for way longer than there has been an ‘us’.

I think the situation in SA will have eased greatly by the end of next week. Fingers crossed.

 

[drron]

We do have a history of drought.fire and floods.
Federation and Meteorology, Australian Meteorology through the 20th Century, page 1610

Black Thursday bushfires - Wikipedia

 

[tgh]

We do have a history of drought.fire and floods.

I hesitate to further polticise a very humanitarian (anitmatarian??) thread after HVR's incursion, but we don't seem to learn.
The cities demand meat and the bush responds.
When the wheels fall off ( as they inevitably do ) it is the animals who are the voiceless victims.
The farmers have a choice, the animals do not.

 

[samh004]

Agree. I’ve made $200 donation this past week. Around $140 for stock feed and $60 for a hamper.

I was listening in on a conversation while on the bus between my gate and the plane this weekend, I don't know who the people were, what the organisations they represented were etc... but they were lamenting the fact people donate blankets or food baskets and the like when what they really need is cold hard cash so they can put the money where it needs to go. Just an interesting view to take I guess.

I did my bit by supporting the local economy with a hotel room, and spending money on food and drink/in local businesses.

 

[Pushka]

I was listening in on a conversation while on the bus between my gate and the plane this weekend, I don't know who the people were, what the organisations they represented were etc... but they were lamenting the fact people donate blankets or food baskets and the like when what they really need is cold hard cash so they can put the money where it needs to go. Just an interesting view to take I guess.

I did my bit by supporting the local economy with a hotel room, and spending money on food and drink/in local businesses.

Agree. They get indundated with ‘stuff’ which then requires a significant logistical effort to get sorted and distributed. The cash donation site gave examples of what you could donate with the money you give, hence I chose more for stock feed and some thing for the family as the kids likely suffer loss of income too.

 

[rock86]

I haven't really commented on the latest drought push, but this story has a lot of content I agree with .

‘Drought Survivor’ shouldn’t chase ratings

 

[chelzmalee]

I was listening in on a conversation while on the bus between my gate and the plane this weekend, I don't know who the people were, what the organisations they represented were etc... but they were lamenting the fact people donate blankets or food baskets and the like when what they really need is cold hard cash so they can put the money where it needs to go. Just an interesting view to take I guess.

I did my bit by supporting the local economy with a hotel room, and spending money on food and drink/in local businesses.

I don’t disagree with this. Some farmer family friends of ours, I gave them 40kg of dog food last weekend - it’s something they have to buy so I figured if I can give it to them it’s money they can put towards feed for their stock. This was a careful decision and was warmly welcomed, but I am careful as with any disaster as to what we donate. Well meaning donations can go largely unused sometimes.

This week I’ll give them a woolies voucher, again - they have to eat and it’s money they can then put towards the stock.

 

[samh004]

This week I’ll give them a woolies voucher, again - they have to eat and it’s money they can then put towards the stock.

Makes me chuckle... if I gave a Coles or Woolworths voucher to someone in Longreach it would be completely useless, considering the nearest Woolworths is at Emerald (401.5KM away)! But I realise some communities have them a bit closer