Hanging out with the mob

Australia is currently suffering from drought. It’s winter, and they’re already seeing bushfires and a lack of water. That’s how serious Australia’s drought situation is. This morning there was a telethon on the TV for the farmers affected by the drought. They were up to $6.5 million when I was watching. Farmers in Tasmania are sending bales of hay up to New South Wales to help the farmers.

Where I’m staying there’s been massive issues for years. A couple of years back they were using bore water and it was making people sick. The government has allowed water to be pumped out to farmers in Queensland which hasn’t helped the situation. They used to have lakes full of water and now they’re having to have a new pipeline put in to bring water to the town.

It’s having an impact on local wildlife too because emus have been walking around town for the last few months. Some of the locals have been leaving out food and water and they know which streets to look out for them.

They’ve even hit the news: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-45239791