579, yes only flushing fixes black water, but its usually caused these days not by natural floods but by idiot greenies keen to have an "environmental flow", without thinking what the end result will be. Down south they tend to flood forest land ("better give the redgums a drink"), but fail to follow it up with sufficient additional water. Now if they just waited until spring (because lets face it historically there would be few other times in the year when something like this happened naturally), then followed up with a flush, they might even get the result (good river health) that they are looking for. But I'm afraid they are lucky to have a brain to share between them, and bugger-all practical knowledge.

That's what green is, green behind the ears. Funny how they want to save the planet yet they're the ones destroying it. what they need to comprehend is that the planet earth is ever evolving, good or bad for our liking. The greenies think they can somehow stop this evolution of which mankind is a part no matter what some educated idiots think.

Oh yeah, now it's somehow all the 'greenies' fault.

Good one.

Bugsy yes I agree with the inference in your post.

We must however confront,no way around it.
Australian country folk will never understand, never forgive,the true idiots who are seen as greens.
A few house wives, in brand new homes, on land not long ago farm land, demand the gravel quarry/tannery, that has employed people for a Century, be closed down and win.
Conservation is tainted with the same brush as country folk ,me included,think of these fools.
Why is it? why do those chaining them selves to trees tractors coal conveyors,so very often look like the last bath they had was a year ago.
Why are they trying to live my youth wearing hair we had and trying to look like rejects from a hippy camp.
After a whale stranding, a convoy of helpers pulled up at a road crew soundly blasting them!
Because an eagle eyed fool saw one of them? throw something in the bush!
The straw of grass he had picked and chewed on.
Conservation should be mainstream, these fools should be hidden from sight.
We just have to see real people showing real concern in charge of such debates.

We are in for, very unsettled and more ferocious storms. Hurricane force winds never before seen in certain areas. Floods will run alongside drought, Damage will be caused. Oceans continue to absorb heat, and raise temperature, more ice melt, pacific islands inundated. The out look is not good, the time is ripe for fortifying and consolidating. Unless we get organized and get the balance of nature back, we can only look forward to more and more adverse conditions.

579, you actually do believe some of this garbage you write, don't you?

For gods sake do some research yourself, & find out that most of what you write is Greenpeace cr4p, all spin smoke & mirrors. It's only put out for journalists, academics & politicians. Real people aren't supposed to believe it.

Oh dear, don't tell me you're one of those!