Winton, Qld

[Denise Goodfellow <>]

One more tourist attraction removed by the sounds of it.

Denise


On 7 Aug 2018, at 7:47 am, Martin Butterfield <> wrote:

> Any idea why they did that, other than "the bulldozer was just sitting
> there costing ratepayers money"?  Presumably the rushes will contribute to
> preserving the climate by being set alight.
> 
> Martin Butterfield
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> On 6 August 2018 at 18:26, Brian & Meg <> wrote:
> 
>> For those who know the ‘old’ Winton W.T.Ponds in central-western Qld, you
>> will be disappointed to hear that today, council workmen moved in and began
>> using a bulldozer to remove the majority of the bullrushes around some of
>> the ponds. We were there yesterday and it was alive with birds. This
>> afternoon, it was a sad-looking place with the bullrushes piled up along
>> the walls and mud everywhere. Obviously, this debris will need to be
>> removed, probably tomorrow. Many of the birds had already moved out but we
>> did manage to see a few of the crakes and grassbirds that were struggling
>> to find somewhere to shelter.
>> Brian Johnson
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