When we were here last year, the country was suffering under major drought conditions. We noticed the hills around Cairns look much greener this year suggesting they’ve had a bit more rain recently, but what is not in doubt is that the environment here is under severe stress. Not only is this Save the Koala Month, later on this month we have National Tree Day. They need to plant the trees after all that was burnt down in the fires earlier in the year and the koala people make a good point when they say "koalas are not living in people’s backyards, but rather people have moved into theirs". You know what happens when undesirable neighbours move into the area – things go downhill fast - and the koalas need all the help they can get to improve their neighbourhood.
Posted by Joe at July 14, 2003 09:21 PM