Message #47957

[weboflife]

I live in an area that was once rural. After colonisation by the English this area was farmland. Before it was known as 'Marnabek; which in Native tongue means beautiful country. Urban sprawl has decimated a lot of the natural lands, but pockets still remain where  I take my beloved dog for a walk. We sometimes see kangaroos, kookaburras, lots of birdlife and lovely flora. Behind the local racecourse there is a big pocket of land untouched and it has some walking tracks through it. On these trails it can feel like we are back in old times where the natives would have thrived. It really is beautiful country.

We live in an older part of the town so we have lots of trees. In the newer areas developers rip up all the trees and build homes on tiny little blocks where the houses seem to jut up one upon the other. No privacy at all, and no trees. It all seems so unnatural, so clinically cold and dehumanising if I can go that far? But they want to dramatically increase the country's population which gives opportunity to people often struggling in other parts of the world so that is where the light shines.

I live in Victoria, Mccoy, not South Australia. Southeast of Melbourne , the states capital city. And like you two, we have solar which we installed a couple of years ago. Quite costly to set up but will pay for itself in about 4 years. Haven't gone for the battery yet, as with electric cars we're waiting for the technology to get better and cheaper. If, of course, we live long enough, but I figure around 2030 is the timing.