richardwells
Not so new Member
G'day Colin !
Good to hear you're still using your allocated supply of Oxygen, although I should warn you that there is new legislation being prepared that will make it an offence for supermarkets to sell food to people in our age group....so get out of that retirement village, rush out and stock up while you can.
Well haven’t things sure have gone down the shute environmentally compared to the good old days eh Col.
As an old field worker of sorts yourself, I suppose you have also experienced the declines of most of the reptiles and amphibians in the wild in Australia in recent years.
Remember when we could find HUNDREDS of snakes in single day? Now, a good field worker is hard-pressed to see ONE snake a day most of the time !
But there seems to be a bigger problem than just the snakes declining, as everything is now pretty thin on the ground these days from what I have seen. In large areas of eastern Australia even relatively untouched bushland is now virtually deserted of wildlife compared to when we were running around with bank bags in our belts in the 60s.
Other than the herps, I have noticed whole groups of other animals nowadays virtually missing from bushland – particularly invertebrates like butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, web-spinning spiders, and moths. But all the vertebrate groups are really on the slide too I think. Out here in the Central West, I have seen first hand the dramatic declines of ALL the macropods for instance - even the ubiquitous Grey Kangaroo that everyone says are in plague numbers to justify shooting them at every opportunity are just vanishing from the landscape. Even large once common mammals like wombats, echidnas, possums, wallabies, and bandicoots are now just dropping off the perch so to speak. And while on the perch, what about the birds ! Dozens of species must be very close to extinction in my opinion - like most of the smaller woodland birds - they have just virtually disappeared almost overnight. Over the last few years even most of the birds of prey, parrots and cockatoos now seem less abundant. But as for the herps…they are really in big trouble I think…
But enough of this…I think it’s not too late to arrest the situation….I have figured out what needs to be done to save the world, but I will have to be made Supreme Leader of the Planet ASAP to make it happen…and I guess that means only one thing.......you will have to join my new “End of the World Party” and really make your vote count...
Anyway it’s great to hear from you Colin, and keep in touch.
All the best,
Richard Wells
Good to hear you're still using your allocated supply of Oxygen, although I should warn you that there is new legislation being prepared that will make it an offence for supermarkets to sell food to people in our age group....so get out of that retirement village, rush out and stock up while you can.
Well haven’t things sure have gone down the shute environmentally compared to the good old days eh Col.
As an old field worker of sorts yourself, I suppose you have also experienced the declines of most of the reptiles and amphibians in the wild in Australia in recent years.
Remember when we could find HUNDREDS of snakes in single day? Now, a good field worker is hard-pressed to see ONE snake a day most of the time !
But there seems to be a bigger problem than just the snakes declining, as everything is now pretty thin on the ground these days from what I have seen. In large areas of eastern Australia even relatively untouched bushland is now virtually deserted of wildlife compared to when we were running around with bank bags in our belts in the 60s.
Other than the herps, I have noticed whole groups of other animals nowadays virtually missing from bushland – particularly invertebrates like butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, web-spinning spiders, and moths. But all the vertebrate groups are really on the slide too I think. Out here in the Central West, I have seen first hand the dramatic declines of ALL the macropods for instance - even the ubiquitous Grey Kangaroo that everyone says are in plague numbers to justify shooting them at every opportunity are just vanishing from the landscape. Even large once common mammals like wombats, echidnas, possums, wallabies, and bandicoots are now just dropping off the perch so to speak. And while on the perch, what about the birds ! Dozens of species must be very close to extinction in my opinion - like most of the smaller woodland birds - they have just virtually disappeared almost overnight. Over the last few years even most of the birds of prey, parrots and cockatoos now seem less abundant. But as for the herps…they are really in big trouble I think…
But enough of this…I think it’s not too late to arrest the situation….I have figured out what needs to be done to save the world, but I will have to be made Supreme Leader of the Planet ASAP to make it happen…and I guess that means only one thing.......you will have to join my new “End of the World Party” and really make your vote count...
Anyway it’s great to hear from you Colin, and keep in touch.
All the best,
Richard Wells