#platypus — Public Fediverse posts

For those living near a waterway with platypus they will know they are doing their bit to look after a unique part of our Australian wildlife. >>
https://theconversation.com/how-smart-rainwater-tanks-can-help-keep-platypus-habitat-healthy-269816
#water #creeks #rivers #platypus #tanks #ImperviousSurfaces #RainwaterTanks #StormWater #wildlife #biodiversity

How ‘smart’ rainwater tanks can help keep platypus habitat healthy
#Environment #Australia #Platypus #RainwaterTanks #WaterManagement #UrbanPlanning #Biodiversity #EcoTech #WaterSecurity #Sustainability #UrbanEcology #SmartCities #Platypus #StormWater
https://the-14.com/how-smart-rainwater-tanks-can-help-keep-platypus-habitat-healthy/

Worldwide there is a growing commitments to swimmable rivers and clean natural waterways.
https://theconversation.com/olympic-swimming-in-the-seine-highlights-efforts-to-clean-up-city-rivers-worldwide-210714

The case of the Bellingen's scenic swimming hole
Bellingen just smashed in a "$5.2M “gate way to the Promised Land” so that mass tourism can speed along the new 'highway' (Gleniffer Road) to the Never Never Creek. It is the town's main 'tourist destination' (but has no public toilet).

In January the Promised Land swimming hole near Bellingen recorded faecal contamination of water. "Council advised swimmers to stay out of the Never Never River.” Humans and dogs were blamed for the faecal matter. "It has been very popular over the holiday period and there are certainly indications that people have been using the riparian area there along the banks for toileting purposes”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-18/promised-land-swimming-hole-bellingen-faecal-contamination/101844606

“Tell the city you want your river back”
https://popupcity.net/insights/the-renaissance-of-urban-swimming/

#swimming #SwimmingHole #Bellingen #rivers #OverTourism #SocialMedia #roads #traffic #climate #holidays #stormwater #wastewater #runoff #dogs #pets #EnterococcusBacteria #FecalContamination #ArthurKeoghReserve #NeverNeverRiver #ThePromisedLand #TheDrive #TuckersNobStateForest #wildlife #biodiversity #platypus

#Lego #Dinosaur #extinct #animals builds at #Brickresales #Brisbane
All my designs
#kronosaurus #platypterygius #muttaburrasaurus #australotitan #wintonotitan #thapunngaka #mythunga #ferrodraco #kunburrasaurus #minmi #leaellynasaura #procoptodon #diprotodon #kangaroo #echidna #platypus #goanna #magpie #rainbow #lorikeet #kookaburra #tasmaniandevil #koala #wombat #wedgetailedeagle