> These birds are on private property and the owner,
> while happy for me to wander around, has made it clear that he doesn't want
> birdwatchers traipsing about. While some people might not be able to fathom
> where he is coming from I think it is fair enough. It is his land after all
>
...and this is the bottom line!
As a couple who now owns a few hectares of bushland, bought and nurtured
with our own, hard-earned money, Roger and I deeply resent the
all-too-common urban attitude that "the bush" is everyone's to enter at
will. A classic, if extreme, case was the holiday home owner whom we
spotted (from our cliff top) driving onto our land to dig up turf from
the banks of our lagoon, to make a lawn on his own quarter acre. He was
quite puzzled and taken aback when Roger drove round to his shack and
started digging up gladiolus bulbs to bring back for our garden. Another
person had to be similarly educated not to dump his garden refuse on our
land. And then there are the yabby hunters who invade the lagoon with
dozens of nets/pots each every summer. I wonder if they would want to
sue us if one of the white-anted dead trees in the lagoon was to fall on
them?
Regards
Anne
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