Paul, I knew of the aboriginal fish traps 70 years ago, we had them in the river that ran past our farm. Nothing new!

Oh god Paul, you are like a primary school kid learning new to you, & wonderful things.

In 1946, our first holiday after dad came back from the war, we helped in one of the daily activities at the Magnetic island West Point guest house collecting the fish from the double anchor post & wire fish trap that fed much of the guests.

It was built adjacent to, & modeled on the remains of the aboriginal stone fish trap just up the beach. The resort owner had built it specifically as a copy to see how efficient the design was. Of course it had wire mesh traps to secure the fish when the flukes of the anchor shape guided them to the spine. The aboriginals had to depend on the outgoing tide trapping the fish.

In those days, before you needed a licence to blow your nose, comb your hair, or burn a bit of dangerous bush, he used to sell much of his catch to the mainland for a nice little earn.

We all knew the aboriginals were not dumb, after all most of us went to school with some up in the redneck north.

Paul,

Eel harvesting is a combined form of hunting and gathering, once common all around the world.

The old lava flows across western Victoria are basaltic, which fractures well, trapping pockets of water flows. Lo and behold, fish swim in such water flows and can be easily trapped.

Is that the only con you've got left ?

Joe

(Ab)Normal weather conditions continue to plague Australia.

The fourth huge dust storm in six weeks has swept through Dubbo, in NSW's Central West, with wind gusts of over 100kph. The storm hit Dubbo on Sunday night, it then continued towards Parkes before moving to the Central Ranges, affecting multiple communities. Huge dust storms in the central west of NSW were once a rarity, now appear to be common and part of the new normal.

Hail stones the size of golf balls hit Melbourne's eastern suburbs overnight, Glen Iris, Malvern, Warrandyte and Templestowe were badly hit. Looks like gigantic hail storms will become the new normal for many locations in Australia.

Urgent message to all the forumites, who contributed to the recent bushfires by voting for do nothing, sit on their hands LNP candidates. Just learn your lesson for the next election and put LNP candidates last on the ballot paper. We may just get parliamentary members who are willing to take real action on climate change. If you are serious, Greens would be a good choice for you guys.

Forumites,

If you want state governments and national park authorities to keep cutting back on fuel reduction programs in parks, and trying to pass the buck to the federal government, then just vote Greens.

If you want state governments to do nothing but bleat about climate change, and otherwise sit on their hands, then just vote Greens.

Joe

"Greens would be a good choice for you guys."

Vote Green, Vote Extreme!!