Straya!

[NineBerry]

The cats seem to be on strike in Strays. A plague of mice.

[JimC]

Where's the Pied Piper when you need him!

[NineBerry]

Where's the Pied Piper when you need him!

Won't come as long as there is mandatory hotel quarantine

[NineBerry]

I've watched the Victoria Covid update press conference. It's a great idea to have it outside. With the sound of the soft wind in the trees and the birds chirping, very soothing.

[JimC]

I find watching it with a G & T in hand enhances the soothing effect...

[Scot Dutchy]

And the chink of glasses on the terrace. Very soothing.

[Scot Dutchy]

They wont like this in Cairns:

UN body pushed to demand stronger climate action from Australia to save Great Barrier Reef

Conservationists lobby World Heritage Committee to demand Australia reduce emissions or risk reef being placed on ‘in danger’ list

Members of the United Nations World Heritage Committee are being lobbied to pressure Australia to commit to more ambitious climate action as part of its plan to slow the decline of the Great Barrier Reef ahead of a key July meeting.

Conservationists have lobbied representatives of 13 of the 21 countries that make up the committee, saying the threat of placing the reef on an “in danger” list should be used to lever more domestic action on greenhouse gas emissions.

Since the committee last considered the status of the reef in 2015, key government and international reports have acknowledged the declining health of the world’s biggest coral reef system that spans more than 2,000km off the Queensland coast.

Since the 2015 meeting, global heating has also fuelled three mass bleaching events that weakened and killed corals across the entire span of the reef.

The Paris-based Unesco World Heritage Centre is due to begin releasing reports later today ahead of the July meeting. A report on the Great Barrier Reef will include a list of draft decisions for the committee.

[Brian Peacock]

They have to deal with the mouse swarm first!

[NineBerry]

Never mind

[Hermit]

They have to deal with the mouse swarm first!

The mouse plague is horrendous, particularly west of the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales.

I have offered the services of Mayhem. The only mice I ever saw in the past 16 years were the ones she caught, played with and finally ate. My offer was rejected on the grounds that cats are a hazard to the natural environment, so Mayhem stays right here at home.

[pErvinalia]

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. Suck eggs, Merika!

[Brian Peacock]

Come the rEvolution Australia will be second country up against the wall.

[NineBerry]

How many of these Australian millionaires actually live on the continent?

[JimC]

How many of these Australian millionaires actually live on the continent?

Most of us, actually...

[macdoc]

Millionaires?? ....wait til the housing bust comes ....