Talking of governments, I'm told that our Chief Minister aims to
"Singaporise" or "green" Darwin. There are already some wonderful examples
of this type of thinking, for instance outside Bagot, the Aboriginal
reserve, and in the roadscaping at the Nightcliff Road turnoff. There the
colour-coordinated plantings give a lovely eye-catching display.
Indigenous people realising that a) these plants are so much more acceptable
than our local native flora, and b) that the "Golden Impomoea" so planted is
edible, are taking such plants into Arnhem Land.
Mind you, one can't just blame the present NT Government. Virtually every
tourist accommodation in the Top End, including those in Kakadu, is
surrounded by such plants (although I haven't spotted "Ipomoea batatas" in
Kakadu yet!).
And of course our native fauna just love such plants! I can envisage the
"Singaporisation" of Arnhem Land and Kakad, with White-lined Honeyeater and
Sandstone Shrike-thrush singing their little hearts out among the Golden
Cane and Allamanda at Anbangbang/Nourlangie Rock!
Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
Songlark Street
BAKEWELL NT 0832
Ph. 61 8 89 328306
http://www.denisegoodfellow.com
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> http://www.mcguire-spickard.com/baby_dreaming/
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baby-dreaming
> http://www.ausbird.com
Now, given the disparity between our climates and our eight months of
drought, this means irrigating the introduced plants.
On 15/11/06 9:14 AM, "Carl Clifford" <> wrote:
> Peter, how could you think that any of our leaders would stoop to
> such venal behaviour as that?
> Carl Clifford
>
> On 15/11/2006, at 10:16 AM, Peter Shute (NUW) wrote:
>
> On Tuesday, November 14, 2006 6:37 PM JRose wrote:
>
>> NAIROBI - Unchecked climate change could
>> drive up to 72 per cent of the
>> world's bird species into extinction but the world still has a chance
>> to
>> limit the losses, conservation group WWF said in a report on Tuesday.
>
> Those who are interested in such things have watched the evidence for
> global warming slowly mount up over the years. But, judging by the
> amount of media attention over the last few weeks (in Victoria, at
> least), you'd think the ice caps had suddenly started melting and
> we'd all be under water by Christmas.
>
> A few months ago there was only the occasional mention in the papers.
> Now there are pages of it. I'm not saying it's unjustified or a bad
> thing, just questioning why the sudden panic. Sceptics might wonder
> if a certain prime minister is encouraging it as a diversion from
> Iraq and IR laws.
>
> Peter Shute
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