“To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.” TS Eliot
So much thanks to each of the Queensland nurses who have just left for Melbourne… for doing the useful thing.
This must be such a difficult time for everyone in Melbourne, and for the families of each of the Queenslanders now flying in to that state to lend a hand.
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Photo credit Neil Hewett: Northern Leaf-Tailed Gecko – Saltuarius cornutus (Ogilby, 1892) – Daintree Rainforest – Cooper Creek Wilderness. Buy The Book with the Beautiful things.
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.
Florence would be so proud.
The death toll in the UK passed 50,000 last week. That will include many nurses.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/03/two-young-nurses-die-as-nhs-braces-for-more-coronavirus-losses
Shocking losses for frontline health workers in Italy.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/as-if-a-storm-hit-33-italian-health-workers-have-died-since-crisis-began
There is so much (probably too much) focus on Corona virus, meanwhile places like Cooper Creek Wilderness, where there is so much beauty, are neglected.
If we do not support active management of our wilderness areas, they could become overrun by ferals … with pigs a particular problem in the Wet Tropics.
Neil Hewett, who has lived in the oldest surviving rainforest on Earth for more than two decades, can report that the camera traps show more dingoes relative to feral-pigs and cassowaries this last June.
https://coopercreek.com.au/camera-traps-june-2020/
Feral hogs are eating rural, and even suburban, America as well. Eradicating this dangerous invasion wherever it exists is an important challenge for anyone who cares about the environment and food security.