Thursday, March 3, 2011

Cassowary Appeal

It has been a bad start to 2011 in this corner of the planet, at least as far as natural disasters are concerned, the latest to the list being the Christchurch earthquake. Up here in the Far North things are getting back to normal and the locals in the area affected by Cyclone Yasi continue to get their lives back together. This isn't going to be helped with the development of another tropical low off the Far North Queensland coast in the next few days.

Among the victims of Yasi are the many species of wildlife dependent on the tropical rainforest in this area. This forest has taken a big hit from the Category 5 cyclonic winds of Yasi and although it will rebound eventually, it has left the wildlife without their food supply.

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