Australian Wildlife’s Greatest Wish

‘Where is the rain?’
Birds say to the sky
‘You seem to have abandoned us.
In dry skies we often fly’

‘Where are our trees?’
Koalas have been brought to the ground
For the precious ones still remaining
Only very rare habitat can be found

‘Where are our food and waterholes?’
The animals search burnt turf
Kangaroos and wallabies bounce near and far
Every critter trying to quench their thirst

‘We haven’t much room to swim in’
The platypus says to the fish
We really want to go on living
Australian wildlife’s greatest wish

The Central Coast

The Central Coast is one of the most beautiful places on earth
A spectacular vicinity, offering Nature’s divinity
Set with significant sites abundant with Aboriginal worth
A precious land rich in biodiversity

Magnificent beauty beside the sea
Pristine beaches with awesome surf
Bursting with wildlife, this place is so alive
Where endangered species and all living beings can exist quite peacefully

But this land is threatened
By the dreadful intention
To plant an enormous coal mine right where it shouldn’t be
Under the Central Coast’s main water supply
An absolute far cry
To the basic rights of humanity

Our Australian NSW, Conservative government – the Liberal party, recently approved a mega coalmine to extract coal directly under our central water basin providing water to 500,000 residents. A 24 hour, 28 year contract with a South Korean coalmine company is in place. The safety and security of this operation has been opposed for 24 years. Now, in desperation to improve our economy it has been approved… Our water is in dire jeopardy of contamination; as is our air quality; our environment; our animals; our marine life; significant aboriginal sites; as well as our children and future generations. Such decisions cannot be left with corrupt organisations influence by corrupt corporations, both with disastrous limited