I am sitting in the family room with the fresh air coming in through the screen door. The sun is shining and there are some birds playing in the tree just outside the door.
Everything is right with the world, and then the sound of the bulldozers and trackers comes crashing through the peace and quiet.
Across the road from where I live, a new development is going in. The bulldozers have cleared away all the gum trees and native growth and where there were once Kangaroos and Wombats there is now a barren space. Soon it will be roaded and piped and little boxes will appear. And there will no longer be peace in the valley.
Such a shame really. Oh yes and I am well aware that people must be housed, before you remind me.
There is a sign that says “Nature at your doorstep”.
Unfortunately there is no longer any signs of nature other than the soil. All the greenery and the animals have gone.
