Monday, July 27

Picture: Continuing erosion of the Murray River

What a week, I've fallen well behind on my walking journal!

Border lockdowns have been a bit all-consuming, challenging times for business and community members.

My walk would be currently illegal as a Victorian border resident, training continues.

The mid-week walks of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday have extended out to 14km each and Saturday has been 20kms with a view to increase to around 24km.

I had my first blister! The result of socks that were too thick, lesson learned!

Yoga has started back up and has been great for my lower back which often gets sore walking.

Sadly there are lots of problems still continuing unabated, the erosion of the Murray being a big one.

This week we also filmed the Yarran Creek in the Gunbower to compare to a flood of 2010.

The 2010 flood was natural and came after 15 years of no floods and the Millenium drought.

Locals have told me of how they feel the bush is going backwards, lots of photos and first-hand accounts.

The comparison video has raised some interesting responses, one experienced bushy claiming I filmed a forest that had no water and that's why it looked so sick, yet it has had around 6 floods in the past 10 years. Does this confirm it looks terrible?

The others were natural resource workers, I can understand if they feel threatened. I'm not opposed to environmental watering, provided it improves the bush. If it goes backwards should we not find the cause and seek to remedy the problem? Or do we plough on regardless?

The only oversight this plan appears to have is from those implementing it, Royal Commission time yet?