Odysseus123 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 17 hours ago, samran said: Lovely part of the world you live in, very jealous. Yes Samran it is a beautiful place to live...lots of little towns and parks for hiking/driving. However the "Golden Valley" a I call it is also dying due to the mega-drought.The herds of dairy cattle to the east and the beef cattle to the west are pretty much all gone now due to the lack of water-they cannot even grow crops to feed them and as a consequence the blood lines will disappear.. There will be hell to pay for the Australian consumer once the costs of both the drought and the ensuing fires are finally assessed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said: Yes Samran it is a beautiful place to live...lots of little towns and parks for hiking/driving. However the "Golden Valley" a I call it is also dying due to the mega-drought.The herds of dairy cattle to the east and the beef cattle to the west are pretty much all gone now due to the lack of water-they cannot even grow crops to feed them and as a consequence the blood lines will disappear.. There will be hell to pay for the Australian consumer once the costs of both the drought and the ensuing fires are finally assessed. I do not think that consumers will be prepared for the coming increase in costs for all meat , including pork and chicken, dairy, and agricultural goods following this catastrophe. It may cut back on food wasteage though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said: I do not think that consumers will be prepared for the coming increase in costs for all meat , including pork and chicken, dairy, and agricultural goods following this catastrophe. It may cut back on food wasteage though. An excellent time to go vegetarian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, bannork said: An excellent time to go vegetarian. Even they will rise in cost at production and retail level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odysseus123 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, bannork said: An excellent time to go vegetarian. You cannot water your garden/vegie patch at the present time. The price of fruit and vegetables has rocketed through the roof. It's not called a mega drought for nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 minute ago, RJRS1301 said: Even they will rise in cost at production and retail level True, but a cabbage grows a lot quicker than a cow. Don't a lot of Aussies have reasonably sized gardens? Time to dig up the lawn and get those vegetables dug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 minute ago, Odysseus123 said: You cannot water your garden/vegie patch at the present time. The price of fruit and vegetables has rocketed through the roof. It's not called a mega drought for nothing. Good point. if you're truly out of water the only thing to do is move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odysseus123 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, bannork said: Good point. if you're truly out of water the only thing to do is move. Thank you-how quaint. I've always attributed such comments to the lead water piping in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 4 hours ago, bannork said: Don't a lot of Aussies have reasonably sized gardens? Time to dig up the lawn and get those vegetables dug. If Oz is anything like NZ, that was true about 30 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 4 hours ago, bannork said: Good point. if you're truly out of water the only thing to do is move. Pray tell to where, if the home you may own has become an unsaleable liability? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 44 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said: Pray tell to where, if the home you may own has become an unsaleable liability? to where everyone that lost their house moved. There must be some government shelters, surely? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said: to where everyone that lost their house moved. There must be some government shelters, surely? NO They those evacuees who lost their homes, or evacuees from holiday regions where the road out have been closed due to dangerous fires, are currently being accommodated in naval bases, army barracks hotels motels caravan parks if they have a , camping grounds, show grounds Several aboriginal settlements and other communities in rural areas have been with out running water for months relying on supplies being rruck hundreds of kilometers in tankers 3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said: Edited January 12, 2020 by RJRS1301 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odysseus123 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Fire in the valley. This is part of the Hillville fire (Manning Valley)now almost 3 months after it went beserk in October...as I am non ambulant all photos are taken from the car...as a passenger of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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