Thread: Don't ignore the sign!

how old are you now? i need to know how long we need to wait.....

and men cant give it up period let allone at 20

Originally Posted by dullbird

in all fairness it doesn't say "do not enter soft mud"

it says "caution" which in my books mean you can proceeded but be careful and be vigilant

and he actually looks like he is stuck in the sand not mud

Under the sand is stinky black mud.

The sand is only in view because of the very low water level in the Murray River.

Check this photo of the boat club...




Those are moorings you can see. Looking at the water marks on the wood, the water level has dropped about 1.5 metres from where it should be.

If anyone tells you there isn't a water crisis in Australia, they are lying!

wow thats bloody worrying

And yet interstate farmers / growers call us a mob of whingers, who should just shut up about the "crisis" and get on with it.

There's not much there to get on with though, is there?

The water you can see there is too salty to use now, as the sea is slowly making its way in.

Maybe it might re-kindle the local fishing industry, that was apparently massive way back in the past.

Originally Posted by d@rk51d3

And yet interstate farmers / growers call us a mob of whingers, who should just shut up about the "crisis" and get on with it.

There's not much there to get on with though, is there?

The water you can see there is too salty to use now, as the sea is slowly making its way in.

Maybe it might re-kindle the local fishing industry, that was apparently massive way back in the past.

Bloody Cubby Station and others of it's ilk. In my humble opinion, cotton has no place as a crop in Australia, as it is too water dependent.

There was a move for cotton farming on the Cooper a few years ago in the Channel Country. Luckily the powers that be stopped it.

Maybe time for an Aussie version of "The Dambusters"

I just love that mud warning sign.
I mean what is hard mud???
They could have said DEEP mud.
But then a yota driver would need to see how deep.

Numpty, it's pretty easy to use Cubby as THE scapegoat, but it was the largest cotton farm in the southern hemisphere long before this water crisis. It has been there over 30 years. The real reason the Murray-Darling broke down was when the massive expansion of the cotton industry occurred without careful regulation in the 90s. The blame equally rests on cotton farmers and the government. That said, small towns all up and down the Murray-Darling were always struggling, especially since the fall of the wool industry, and were willing to try anything to survive - it seemed like a good idea at the time. I think I speak from enough experience, as I originally hail from Dirranbandi, and I was working on the developments in 1997-98.
Now, everybody is hurting, and - given that you can never change the past - we all have to work together to fix the future, each working and sacrificing equally. Just ostracizing Cubby (for example) will just end up in a shouting match, will kill one town in isolation, and won't actually achieve anything.
Phew! I think I'm all ranted out!

Dan.
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