Little penguins trapped in rubbish and starving
"The penguin likely starved to death because it couldn’t break free."
"March has been a bad month for Victoria's little penguins, with large numbers discovered dead on beaches in and around Warrnambool and west of Phillip Island. Those deaths have been linked to rising sea temperatures and overfishing of the penguin's natural prey."
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https://au.news.yahoo.com/aussies-asked-to-think-twice-after-devastating-find-in-25kg-of-rubbish-collected-at-new-pier-011501039.html
#birds #penguins #rubbish #entanglement #starvation #plastic #packaging #overfishing #NSW #wildlife
Sea foam - You wouldn’t go swimming in sewage
"Research shows people should not go in the sea when it is foaming. These bacterial smoothies can contain more harmful pathogens than a sewage treatment plant – and you wouldn’t go swimming in sewage."
"If the water is polluted with floating fats and grease as well as asphaltene, motor oil and hydrocarbons, these spores soon form bacterial colonies or biofilms that go forth and multiply."
"Reducing stormwater pollution will reduce the growth of sea foams. As long as humanity continues to produce pollution, the problem will increase. It will also worsen as the world warms, because sea foams like it hot."
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https://theconversation.com/dozens-of-surfers-fell-ill-after-swimming-in-seas-that-turned-into-a-bacterial-smoothie-of-sea-foam-what-was-in-it-252506
#pollution #ocean #coast #sewage #floods #runoff #surfing #swimming #MarineLife #FossilFuels #ImperviousSurfaces #Sawtell #NSW #beach
Rain and cyclones flush the land and it is leading to the waterway's inhabitants' death.
"Mass fish kill in NSW Northern Rivers following Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Thousands of fish and other aquatic animals have washed ashore across the NSW Northern Rivers, as floodwaters surge through the catchment triggering a fish kill. "
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-18/richmond-river-fish-kill-ballina-flood/105061726
#FossilFuels #pollution #NSW #rivers #MassFishKill #floods #flush
How many more?
F you Chris Minns and F you serco and F you Tony Burke
#trans #transgender #Australia #nsw #auspol #lgbtqia #lgbtq #lgbt #humanrights #transrights
Trans woman visiting Sydney held in male immigration detention
https://qnews.com.au/trans-woman-visiting-sydney-held-in-male-immigration-detention/
***Total Fire Ban Sydney, parts NSW***
A Total Fire Ban will be in place tomorrow, Sunday 16 March, for the Greater Sydney, Central Ranges, Southern Ranges and Southern Slopes areas.
Hot, dry and windy conditions are forecast across parts of the state, with the Greater Sydney Region forecast to experience Extreme fire danger.
#RFS www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fdr
Time for No Go Zones
More floods due to climate breakdown, but new developments are still being built in flood zones...
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/15/brisbane-flood-proof-housing-developments
#FossilFuels #floods #flooding #climate #NoGoZones #NSW #rivers
*** NSW Heatwave Warning***
Despite now being in Autumn, the Bureau of Meteorology has forecast heatwave conditions across the weekend, for the eastern and south eastern parts of the state.
Heatwaves can bring an elevated fire risk, with several parts of the state forecast to experience high fire danger on Sunday. They can also increase the health risk to the elderly, young children and those with medical conditions.
It's important you stay safe, stay cool and stay alert! To keep up-to-date with the latest fire information, download the Hazards Near Me app or visit the #RFS website: www.rfs.nsw.gov.au
Just A Great Little Spot
First night back on the road after a spell in 'dry dock' for a major electrical upgrade to 24v, and we pull into a great little spot for free-camping, just around 25km north of Dunnedoo, NSW. Tired after a day's wrasslin' with a dodgy fuel filter, we were glad to pull off that Golden Highway and find a place of rest and shelter at Uarbry Hall Re
https://slowcamping.com.au/index.php/2025/03/11/just-a-great-little-spot/
#Heritage #Places #TripPlanning #History #NSW
Quintessentially Australian:
"Bulldozers made quick work of the Murray Darling Basin landscape."
"Bulldozers flattened trees and grasses which were then burned"
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https://au.news.yahoo.com/satellite-photos-reveal-disturbing-change-to-iconic-aussie-landscape-065657701.html
#biodiversity #EPBCAct #nature #conservation #LandClearing #MurrayDarlingBasin #agribusinesses #PropertyDevelopers #governance #destruction #NSW #Australia #climate #incineration
#Inner City #Lane #Sydney #NSW #Australia by Kaye Menner #Photography Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:
https://kaye-menner.pixels.com/featured/inner-city-lane-kaye-menner.html