Locust Plagues

hi sir kev
jesus mate if the emu's are begining to take flight

i'd like to seeeeee thaaaat!!!!

god help us all cheer and duk!!!!

Stephen
A pity the government were'nt so inclined to "put everything" into preserving the Birdsville Track for through traffic, eg a new ferry!!! I guess there are more voters in the Hawker, Riverland and Mallee areas than there are in the remote ouback.

teege

Hi Teege
In this case it is not the voters that have the say, as these are all rural areas as well. As far as I am aware, this would come under Federal concerns as the hoppers if left uncontrolled will do billions of dollars damage over many states. Over here in SA, we are not hearing of what is happening in the others states, but from all accounts it will be the same, spray before they get on the wing and swarm, which is only a very small window of opportunity of around 4 weeks from the time they hatch. Also they have to be very careful where and when they spray, as what they have used in the past is not very friendly to the environment. One chap that I work with said that years ago when they sprayed to kill the hoppers, he had countless dead crows in his paddocks, either as a direct result of the spray or from eating the dead hoppers.

I was speaking to Patsy this morning from Etadunna Station and she was saying that there are no road grader crews working south of the ferry site to Marree and the track needs attention for sure.

Cheers

Stephen