Land Is Crying
A recent news program highlighted the problems in Far Nth Queensland’s peninsula area with the government letting big companies have access to precious river systems as they forbid small Aboriginal societies and their agricultural developments from accessing the water. These rivers have been used and maintained by these indigenous populations for thousands of years with little or no effect on the environment. Every river system that is manhandled is contaminated by not only pollutants but the run off that affects the fish life which then leads to the loss of native fish replaced by species such as the nuisance telapia, great in a fish tank, awful in our river systems. I am outraged that the Queensland Government is allowing the mining companies to pollute these rivers and at the same time stop the people who live there using them. Then they will all turn around in 1o years and wonder why our rivers have stopped flowing and Far Nth Queensland will become more of an ecological wreck than it already is thanks to more “beaurocratic bungling”.
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land is crying
it’s dying
no-one’s trying
officials are lying
while they are buying…
river’s are drying
nature’s defying
but Gaia is sighing
and everyone’s “whying?”...
Esther van de ...
They sure are making some big misstakes !!!! Do Our childeren have to clean up the mess or pay the big price??? Fantastic poem , Vanessa. Its good to make a statement about what you are passionate about. Well done !
Vanessa Barklay replied
Thank you Esther, good questions and yes, I think our children andtheir generation will find more and more they have to fix ecologically, the Murray/Darling system, the Snowy River, all these areas are now showing signs of not coping with the changes made to the rivers..thanks again! :O)
Aileen David
A beautiful and moving peom for a very serious situation. What’s Queensland’s enviro minister doing?! I wish Anna Bligh would focus on this more than Masterchef!!!
Vanessa Barklay replied
Thank you Aileen, it came to me over my Milo last night when I was thinking about and all the words just started to rhyme, I was very happy with it…! The Bligh Government apparently made this call so who knows!!?? :O)
greenstone
you are a star!!!!!
Vanessa Barklay replied
You spoil me!! Thank you :O)
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Carey Edwards
After having been through the mines and the aboriginal communities in the past few weeks I think the major problem is the media creating sensationalist hype and drama. The largest bauxite mine in the world is in FNQ, and from what I saw the Co. (even though it’s virtually a law unto itself) is doing a fantastic job of managing the environment, revegetating and giving the indigenous community members jobs and infrastructure for their futures. The plans for the future are also well in place for these people.
If simply lighting a fire that burns out of control and endangers both human and animal lives as well as property as well as turning beaches into rubbish tips is “looking after the environment” then I have no idea what an environment is.
That’s my spin on it after seeing it with my own eyes anyway. :)
Vanessa Barklay replied
Cool Carey, always good to have that first hand view. Thanks for that! :O)
shadowlee
I think you have an amazing gift, this piece is spot on, there should be more noise made in this vein, alas my artistic skills are very limited
Vanessa Barklay replied
Thank you so much, what a lovely thing to say, I feel like I want to say more too! :O)
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