http://www.flickr.com/photos/chamellieon_photography/tags/disgrace/ Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:40:31 -0700 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:40:31 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2722/buddyicons/25108384@N05.jpg?1290637957#25108384@N05 http://www.flickr.com/photos/chamellieon_photography/tags/disgrace/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/chamellieon_photography/2950347889/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/chamellieon_photography/">Mel Sinclair</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chamellieon_photography/2950347889/" title="Kholo Choked October 2008"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3043/2950347889_dff44c636e_m.jpg" width="240" height="57" alt="Kholo Choked October 2008" /></a></p> <p>I've never been one for environmental messages, for conservation, or to get involved in anything, but I must say i'm totally appauled by the water Hyacinth choking up the Brisbane River.<br /> <br /> I went to Kholo botanica gardens this morning (18-OCT- 08) and this is what greeted me. Some semblance of river only from the cleared puddle infront of me. 6 Months ago this was a river, it was beautiful and peaceful, the noxious weed keeping its distance.<br /> <br /> Now, its choked, small patches of water exist, none of the fish jumping like I used to witness, nothing. I am stunned the councils let it get to this.<br /> <br /> See Kholo March-April 2008 for the comparison... just 6 months earlier</p> Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:40:31 -0700 2008-10-17T22:40:31-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Mel Sinclair) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2950347889 Kholo Choked October 2008 <p>I've never been one for environmental messages, for conservation, or to get involved in anything, but I must say i'm totally appauled by the water Hyacinth choking up the Brisbane River.<br /> <br /> I went to Kholo botanica gardens this morning (18-OCT- 08) and this is what greeted me. Some semblance of river only from the cleared puddle infront of me. 6 Months ago this was a river, it was beautiful and peaceful, the noxious weed keeping its distance.<br /> <br /> Now, its choked, small patches of water exist, none of the fish jumping like I used to witness, nothing. I am stunned the councils let it get to this.<br /> <br /> See Kholo March-April 2008 for the comparison... just 6 months earlier</p> Mel Sinclair water brisbane council ipswich hyacinth disgrace kholo http://www.flickr.com/photos/chamellieon_photography/2951199134/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/chamellieon_photography/">Mel Sinclair</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chamellieon_photography/2951199134/" title="Kholo March-April 2008"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3015/2951199134_43e5a31740_m.jpg" width="240" height="77" alt="Kholo March-April 2008" /></a></p> <p>This is how I had remembered my favourite little spot of the Brisbane river. It was serene, water flowed by gracefully, dragonflies darted around the river banks and fish jumped out of the water to eat said flies.<br /> <br /> See Kholo Choked October 2008... my little slice of paradise has been taken over by the Hyacinth weed... seen on the edges of the river in this shot</p> Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:39:20 -0700 2008-03-26T22:22:52-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Mel Sinclair) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2951199134 Kholo March-April 2008 <p>This is how I had remembered my favourite little spot of the Brisbane river. It was serene, water flowed by gracefully, dragonflies darted around the river banks and fish jumped out of the water to eat said flies.<br /> <br /> See Kholo Choked October 2008... my little slice of paradise has been taken over by the Hyacinth weed... seen on the edges of the river in this shot</p> Mel Sinclair water brisbane council ipswich hyacinth disgrace kholo