We don’t swim in your toilet…
We don’t swim in your toilet… So stop contaminating our oceans, seas, rivers, lakes and bays with your DNA, rubbish, shoes, guns and toxic waste.
Alright, it’s time for me to have a whinge, and rightly so, because the waterways where I spend and enjoy the majority of my time is fast becoming infested like flies to a dead cow carcass.
Last week the media announced that high levels of toxins and chemicals were found in fish who called Sydney Harbour their home. I used past tense here, because most of them are now drug addicts hanging out in Oxford St after their genetic morphing side effects kicked in.
It’s common law now that all boats are to have holding tanks and dumping of waste is only legal in certain areas, this is fine, but what about the factories based right next to the water that spill chemicals and toxic waste right into the shore lines!?
Because of the contamination in Sydney, commercial fishing now has a total ban, causing grief and heartache to many industries that relied on this availability to support their businesses. Sydney Harbour was once a magnificent water wonderland, where children and their dogs could swim and enjoy Mother Nature’s creation, but would now be safer to swim in their own toilet at home. On the surface Sydney Harbour is just gorgeous, with sweeping cliffs and perfect bays with the Harbour Bridge, Opera House and Metropolitan Jungle as a backdrop, now it’s a polluted cesspool… It almost makes me cry…
The other week I visited a lake that was absolutely stunning. But this is the sign I was welcomed to… So much for the weekend by the water…
What I’m trying to say, is that we all must be conscious and considerate of our waterways, to ensure they remain desirable and don’t disintegrate boating materials the second they make contact with hulls. I’m no greenie and I’m not seen dancing around trees in ponchos, but I do love the water, and hope to enjoy it for as long as I live.
So next time you’re out sailing and polish of a can of rum or beer, don’t throw it overboard, through it at your crews head and demand another!!!
