They Say What They Say

Today I:

-Went to gym.
-Bought a new set of coffee mugs and got rid of all my old mismatched ones.
-Bought a bread and butter plate and a bowl to replace the chipped ones in my dinner set.
-Bought a telephone cord to replace the one with the broken connector.
-Bought moisturiser and sunscreen to replace the ones I left at my mum's house on the weekend.
-Cleaned my bathroom.
-Folded my laundry.
-Did not buy conditioner.


Gakked from malnpudl, ( 43 questions meme )

ETA: I've just watched Peter Krause blow out forty candles on a birthday cake in one go. Man he has excellent lung capacity!

Today I:

-Went to gym.
-Bought a new set of coffee mugs and got rid of all my old mismatched ones.
-Bought a bread and butter plate and a bowl to replace the chipped ones in my dinner set.
-Bought a telephone cord to replace the one with the broken connector.
-Bought moisturiser and sunscreen to replace the ones I left at my mum's house on the weekend.
-Cleaned my bathroom.
-Folded my laundry.
-Did not buy conditioner.


Gakked from malnpudl, ( 43 questions meme )

ETA: I've just watched Peter Krause blow out forty candles on a birthday cake in one go. Man he has excellent lung capacity!

phoebesmum recently mentioned that it hasn't stopped raining in her part of the world for weeks, which then reminded me of the sad and sorry sight that greeted me when I visited the old home town over Easter.

The town where I grew up is notable for a few things. Among them it was the scene of Australia's only civil uprising in the 1850's, and the lake which sits almost in the centre of the town and is a major tourist attraction in its self.

As you may or may not be aware, Australia has been in the grip of a rather severe drought over the past few years. We're talking farmers walking off their land because they can't grow any crops or feed their stock, extreme water restrictions in most parts of the country (all our lawns have died because it's been illegal to water them for the last few years) and that sort of thing.

For a while there the lake seemed okay, but lately, not so much:

( This is what the lake used to look like: )

( This is what it looks like today: )

The worst thing about it all is the effect it's having on the wildlife, particularly the birds. The lake is home to a large colony of black swans, as well as native ducks, coots, swamp hens, moorhens, musk ducks, grebes, etc. When I was there on the weekend a huge flock of sulphur-crested cockatoo's were hanging around, and the odd pelican has been known to frequent the area. The fish are dying, the plant life is fading away and the birds are not breeding because there's no water. And recently a young boy nearly died when he got stuck in the mud on the shoreline.

There are plans to divert storm water into the lake, plus the town council have been buying water to pump into it. But it will probably take two or three years for it to get back to normal, providing these measures work. But what it, and the rest of Australia, really needs most of all is rain!

phoebesmum recently mentioned that it hasn't stopped raining in her part of the world for weeks, which then reminded me of the sad and sorry sight that greeted me when I visited the old home town over Easter.

The town where I grew up is notable for a few things. Among them it was the scene of Australia's only civil uprising in the 1850's, and the lake which sits almost in the centre of the town and is a major tourist attraction in its self.

As you may or may not be aware, Australia has been in the grip of a rather severe drought over the past few years. We're talking farmers walking off their land because they can't grow any crops or feed their stock, extreme water restrictions in most parts of the country (all our lawns have died because it's been illegal to water them for the last few years) and that sort of thing.

For a while there the lake seemed okay, but lately, not so much:

( This is what the lake used to look like: )

( This is what it looks like today: )

The worst thing about it all is the effect it's having on the wildlife, particularly the birds. The lake is home to a large colony of black swans, as well as native ducks, coots, swamp hens, moorhens, musk ducks, grebes, etc. When I was there on the weekend a huge flock of sulphur-crested cockatoo's were hanging around, and the odd pelican has been known to frequent the area. The fish are dying, the plant life is fading away and the birds are not breeding because there's no water. And recently a young boy nearly died when he got stuck in the mud on the shoreline.

There are plans to divert storm water into the lake, plus the town council have been buying water to pump into it. But it will probably take two or three years for it to get back to normal, providing these measures work. But what it, and the rest of Australia, really needs most of all is rain!