Last chance for Traveston?
Sue Brooks October 26th, 2009
Dear Peter.
The Queensland State Government has used dodgy science and political reasoning to justify an environmental folly. While Australian Governments continue to promote population growth I fear for our future. Yes we do need a water supply for our peoples but at what ultimate cost?
The Traveston Dam is in the wrong place. The site was chosen for political reasons and not on solid scientific evidence. The Mary River is home to protected species such as the lung fish and Mary River Turtle. The land due to be flooded, is productive farming country and the estuary an important fishery and Ramsar wetland. All these things you know.
Please do what is the morally and ethically right thing to do and give the Queensland State Government a rejection slip. No fish way can replicate the environmental factors necessary for river species survival. A dam should be built in high hilly country not in the middle of a productive but shallow valley.
I ask you to let common sense prevail and reject this flawed proposal.
Thank you for listening.
Cheers, Sue
If we all write to Peter Garrett it can only help. We have nothing to lose after all. Feel free to copy this and send it yourself. The email address for Minister Peter Garrett is Peter.Garrett.MP@aph.gov.au
Last week was a sad one as we decided to say goodbye to our dog Jake who was 16 years and 10 months old. Jake was a faithful and kind hearted dog and we miss him dearly. The puppies are a great help though in keeping us busy and pre occupied and they keep the house filled with activity and fun. I had forgotten how funny and active puppies are and how quickly they claim a place inside our heart.
On Saturday we travelled to Torbanlea and enjoyed a day at the races. It was wonderful to see so many people dressed up for the day and having a fun time. In the evening we travelled to the Brolga for the Tourism awards. The awards evening was very well run with Sophie Formica doing a great job as MC. Congratulations to all the very worthy winners and entrants. You all work very hard to make the Fraser Coast and South Burnett region a place that welcomes visitors.
Farewell Jake. We miss you.
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Gidday Sue, it is always sad to lose a very special and loved pet. Just recently I had to put to sleep Xena , red cattle dog, she had a massive stomach tumour, then I lost Wongee my white male dingo due to being poisoned. And recently 3 cockateils decided to die over a period of 2 weeks. I am not sure if it was old age or what, but they just decided they didnt want to eat any more, and just curled up in the corner of the avairy or their nest box. At the moment I have a 4 week old calf that is blind that I am bottle feeding , and she has developed joint ill, which is an inflammation of the joints, and she cant stand up, so every feed time I have to stand her up and she wobbles about.
Also my cockatoo has decided to begin chewing a hole in his chest, and no matter what medication I put on there it doesnt help, so the vet is getting me this wonderful bird collar and we will see if that does the trick.
so yes Sue, having pets is a wonderful pleasure to have, but at the end of the road there is always sadness.
But I wouldnt have it any other way. Life would be very lonely without having pets to love.
Hooroo