Gone Fishing
Posted by jennifer, August 5th, 2012 - under News.
Tags: Murray River
I am going to take some time out from this blog to try and complete a couple of projects that I’ve started, but am having trouble finishing. So there may be no new posts here for a while.
In the meantime you can subscribe for my irregular email updates here:
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And check the ‘Community Home’ page for updates from other readers with their nature photographs and more here: http://jennifermarohasy.com/category/community/
And here’s a picture I took of a fisher, a darter cormorant, in Kakadu National Park a few years ago. 
Interestingly according to one account of life in the Lower Murray in South Australia one hundred years ago there was a bounty on cormorants (that are closely related to darters), with 34,000 taken in one year ostensibly because they ate too many fish [1].
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[1] Travels in Australasia, by Wandandian see page 301
26th July 1909 at Caurnamont, near Mannum
‘Birds were very scarce, though we saw one fine old spoonbill wading round the swamp and swinging his head from side to side in the peculiar fashion these birds have while feeding.
On the latter day, while out shooting, I picked up a freshly decapitated turtle of the kind called by the natives “emys,” and on meeting a fisherman enquired of him whether he had caught many, and why it was without a head.
He replied that the turtles were so destructive of fish spawn, that a scalp fee of one penny was paid on the head of each by the Government, and that he caught a good many from time to time.
On further enquiry, I found that in the past year the South Australian Government had paid over £600 in scalping fees to various people for 116,000 turtles and 34,000 cormorants, thus satisfactorily explaining why the cormorants are so shy, and look upon every man with suspicion; for when one contemplates what a hunting they must have in the course of the year to furnish such an enormous “bag,” it would be decidedly strange if they were at all otherwise. In spite of all this I saw hundreds of them on the Murray and lake waters, so that I am sure many must pour in from outside to take the place of those that are shot, and should this be the case it will be many years before their numbers are at all reduced, or the Government get anything like the full value for their money, or even justify its expenditure.’
[Back then Murray cod were plentiful despite the turtles and the cormorant though now there are no Murray cod in that stretch of river below Lock 1.]
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And the Huff Po sillies are just haemorrhoiding over Sandy:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-currier/climate-change_b_2032363.html
Never let a chance go by….
You have to have a giggle I suppose. A new study has found that global precipitation variability has decreased from 1940 to 2009.
Will the models get anything right?
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/10/29/global-precipitation-variability-from-1940-to-2009-contradicts-models/#more-73254
Good luck to Anthony Watts and his online TV venture. If he can counter some of Gore’s dirty weather nonsense he will help the sceptic’s cause.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/10/29/announcement-wuwt-tv-to-counter-al-gores-24-hours-of-climate-reality-on-november-14th-and-15th/#more-73274
I see Kirby, J. has opined about Gillard’s culpability:
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/former_justice_kirby_in_gillards_position_a_citizen_should_have_called_poli/#commentsmore
The current status of the law is here:
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/r93chp2
Apart from anything else Gillard’s moral compass, or complete lack thereof, must be called into question; it is arguable that her actions with Wilson show no moral comprehension at all; certainly her affairs with married men shows her disdain for other women, particularly married women who she has compared to prostitutes, and her involvement in the knifing of Rudd, even though he probabaly deserved it, shows an alarming capacity for deceit and her many lies and connivances show a person devoid of a moral perspective.
Yet here she is, our PM.
Polypolyp,
“Eventually the ocean shrinks as the system temperature falls, it freezes, atmosphere dries further,the extra ice and expanded snow cover directly radiates away more incoming sunlight”
And you have verified this by computing how fast the oceans radiate based on their temperature and how fast they can CONDUCT energy from 10′s of meters down to the surface?? You have not been fooled by your gullible belief that they radiate at 390 till they freeze?? Yasee, as the DLR decreases the surface evaporation is reduced and the actual radiation of the surface drops. As the ocean cools it takes less energy input to maintain a particular temp (t^4 remember??). Sheesh, ya really need to do this yourself and not depend on the usual morons supporting their Climate Scam.
The earth system really is amazing at the number of ways it feeds back changes to stay somewhat stable!!
Polyplop,
“His penultimate para inadvertently justifies why Keeling designed the measurement methods as he did,and the description ‘well-mixed’ is referring to CO2 averaged throughout the troposphere and stratosphere.”
And when did he start getting measurements of the upper troposphere and stratosphere?? (snicker)
Polylop,
“Strategically,moth-balled coal plants could be fired up if our glorious turbine army of the future has its collective bearings ground to shreds…but if it’s that bad…”
Except your coal mines will have been purchased or be on long term contract to supply coal to China and others. Whacha gonna do? Say sorry bud, we need it, SOD off?? China could stomp on you right now and by the time this happens their military will be large enough for it to not be that big of a deal!! The US might not even be in a position to help if we don’t elect Mitzi and get some of our own mess cleaned up!!
Sandy has landed and the Superstorm, as advertised by NOAA and other alarmists, has already dropped off to tropical storm wind levels!! The ocean surges on top of the tides, similar to Katrina, are substantial, but, nothing to exceed what has been recorded by previous Hurricanes in the 20th Century. The fun part is the mixing of 2 or more storm systems could drop several feet of snow in West Virginnie!! It is already snowing there.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml
A Texas research teams FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Texas-Tech-Hurricane-Research-Team/136276000981
This has been stuck in moderation, I presume because of the links, which I have disabled:
I see Kirby, J. has opined about Gillard’s culpability:
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/former_justice_kirby_in_gillards_position_a_citizen_should_have_called_poli/#commentsmore
The current status of the law is here:
http:www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/r93chp2 [// removed]
Apart from anything else Gillard’s moral compass, or complete lack thereof, must be called into question; it is arguable that her actions with Wilson show no moral comprehension at all; certainly her affairs with married men shows her disdain for other women, particularly married women who she has compared to prostitutes, and her involvement in the knifing of Rudd, even though he probabaly deserved it, shows an alarming capacity for deceit and her many lies and connivances show a person devoid of a moral perspective.
Yet here she is, our PM.
Yes cohers, but who is gonna hilight the fact? Our darling MSM, particularly our ABC are so convinced that Left is Lovely and can do no wrong. Julia’s hand must be held at all times.
Poor bloody Campbell needs only a hint of indiscretion to be pilloried in headlines. Most of the MSM become part of the govt when the left is in power and the opposition when the LNP are.
When you add to that the PC in the MSM that the lefty girls are all saints and the righty blokes are all misogynists, there is no chance.
Our pathetically corrupt MSM.
No money in telling the truth:
http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/cnn-lying-about-sandy/
Roy Spencer presents the facts on big storms like Sandy.
http://www.drroyspencer.com/2012/10/frankenstorm-sandy-approaches/#comments
Nothing unusual except that this time the two storms merged over land. But this happens probably every year somewhere on the planet.
Roger Pielke jr lists the top ten hurricanes in the same area as Sandy. The damage is converted to 2012 dollars.
http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/top-10-damaging-hurricanes-within-50.html#comment-form
It’s great to have these genuine scientists available to settle all the BS that the MSM will throw at us in the coming days.
The SMH has made a start on the Sandy BS with help from BOM, Steffen etc.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/sandy-has-lessons-for-australia-bom-says-20121030-28gyg.html
Neville, You gotta realise 3 cm of SLR over the last 100 years can make a huge difference when a non-hurricane makes landfall.
Specially when compared to those 84 other hurricanes that hit NY, some killing hundreds with two and a half time the wind strength:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_hurricanes
You gotta be able to unnerstan what this is telling us.
Wouldn’t have something to do with ‘socialising losses’ re coastal infrastructue by any chance?
Good one Debbie.
Have ya seen this, courtesy Bishop Hill, re the Beeb in strife again but the judge appears to be “playing a blinder”.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/29/boaden_tribunal_information_refusal/
Where do these judges come from? And Vennings re NIWA?
BBCgate anyone?
Debbie
“Wouldn’t have something to do with ‘socialising losses’ re coastal infrastructue by any chance?”
It always intrigues me why some people are so antagonistic against farmers receiving “assistance”.
Which they either have to pay back anyway, or pay for it by future taxes.
It’s not exactly that the rest of society is blameless in this respect, look at the massive subsidies dished out to other sections of the sectors, like manufacturing and the various benefits handed out to every deserving and not so deserving, not to mention every Johnny come lately.
Did I say don’t mention it?
Basically what we are doing is washing each others underwear, but some of us do all the washing and pay for the powder and washing machine to do it too!
Re. benefits, I simply cannot believe that all on new start are unable to do any kind of work, but that’s me I suppose a redneck right wing whatever.
Good one Mark A!
But NOT going to bold it!
‘Basically what we are doing is washing each others underwear, but some of us do all the washing and pay for the powder and washing machine to do it too!’
SD, that story on the BBC is so unsurprising; the circumstances are mirrored in Australia.
There is no need for a publically funded broadcaster in a functioning democracy with an established internet; the evidence of bias and traducing of the principle of impartiality is overwhelming.
Guys; apart from this blog only being a watt/bolt no intelligence needed station. I am discussed by coh’s latest level of garbage rummaging to make a point.
What kind of people are you in an ungoverned state???
Washing each other’s underwear goes with suck, suck regardless of whoz side you’r on.
The big issue this week is that some of that US Sandy impacted coastline will become uninhabitable in the short term as my “big systems” work round the fringes. Socializing the cost of any one storm is not the answer.
The NBN is in a complete mess, but why isn’t that surprising?
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/the_nbn_business_model_crumbles/
This just proves what a clueless shambles this Gillard govt has become. If the NBN is added to the budget bottom line we will need decades to clean up this Rudd /Gillard disaster.
But once again why wasn’t any sort of viable business plan submitted for the best industry groups assessment before these idiots proceeded with this massive white elephant?
Fitzgibbon is correct, susidies for stupid renewables should be scrapped. They can’t work and they won’t reduce our permanent need for reliable cheap coal, gas etc.
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/fitzgibbon_goes_cool_on_pricey_green_power/#commentsmore
Let’s be a touch relieved that Sandy’s wind speed was nowhere near as strong as that of the 1815 and 1821 hurricanes. Mind you, there’s a lot more infrastructure and humanity in the track of Sandy. Low lying Manhattan will always be vulnerable to surges, Cat 2 and 3 storms will always do plenty of damage to NY. Of course, cyclones and extreme weather events may simply stop occurring there, but that would require a profound…
Climate change!
Good job of missing the point Gavin.
gav says:
“I am discussed by coh’s latest level of garbage rummaging to make a point.”
I guess that is better than being concussed.
More from Lewandowsky:
“We are living with climate change.
It is happening now.
Debating the extent to which Frankenstorm Sandy was put on steroids by climate change is a distraction.
Nearly all weather events now have a contribution from climate change and it is up to us to manage and reduce that risk with mitigative action”
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4343312.html
SHAMELESS!!!
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gav
“I am discussed by coh’s latest level of garbage
You are too full of yourself gav. nobody is discussing you here.
Maybe make a comment when you post, but you are definitely not on our mind.
i expect he means disgusted. you know the feeling most of us had when gillard pulled her sexist misogynistic attack on Abbott, or when she lied about no carbon tax, or her fraud with the AWU slush fund, or the white elephant that IS the NBN. Or basically any other policy this government has put together ( irrespective of if they were good ideas or not, everything they touch turns bad…..like the MRRT which just creates structural budget problems), Gillard deserves our disgust. She has taken politics to a place most of didnt think could get any worse.
toby, toby, toby !
Maybe I should have used the “sarc” tag
JW, i guessed that….I just thought Gavin might like to have pointed out to him what we all think is disgusting…and why, as opposed to what he thinks is disgusting, which is based on slander and smear. Love or hate abbott, he clearly is a much more humane and caring human being than most in the labour party and he does have a moral compass and understand right from wrong. the fact the ABC and people like Gavin cant see the problem with setting up slush funds and pre/ post dating legal documents, shows what appalling values many peoples beliefs are based on. Oh the hypocrisy of the left.
A cat 2 of large area and on a full moon is what you don’t want for a low lying coastal city. However, while nothing in the US matches the [sarc on] unprecedented [sarc off] Galveston hurricane of 1900, the higher Atlantic coastline has copped plenty.
New York 1821 was a horror, but it would be wise to remember the force of Great New England Hurricane of 1938. Wind gusts were phenomenal, and the surge altered some bits of coastal geography. Yet the region’s seen worse: the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635, whose 20 foot surge should be hard to top. Let’s hope so.
That Gaia, she’s a real misogynist. We should refuse her any future modelling jobs.
Very true Robert,
we have short memories, and when the ones in control make selective choices to present to the masses
it’s a worry.
No wonder so many believe the rubbish, how many do you think go outside their normal information sources ie. the MSM?
Don’t you just love the BOM. Talking about Sandy as if it was a “ferocious” hurricane.
The thing only got to category 2, & it’s wind speeds were well below cyclone speeds before it crossed the coast.
I have sat through bigger, [area] & much stronger cyclones with little damage anywhere. How is this so?
It appears that some factor of the gentle east coast US continental shelf, the coastal topography, or some other factor allows/causes their hurricanes to generate these hugely destructive storm surges, when the sane cyclone in Queensland would produce very little surge.
I have tried to research this, but can find only generalities on the subject.
Can anyone tell me why this apparent difference in surge height occurs.? I really would like to understand what I see.
Looks like the satellite SLR measurements since 2003 could be very wrong indeed.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/10/30/finally-jpl-intends-to-get-a-grasp-on-accurate-sea-level-and-ice-measurements/#more-73392
Hasbeen; I would think these factors are generic:
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4299096?uid=3737536&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21101222953673
Hasbeen; my pics after Google on “apparent difference in surge height” and “cyclone surge height Australia”
Surge on the USA
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/prepare/hazards.php
Storms, wave heights and trends.
http://218.193.51.46/course/hykxdl/textbook/chap9.html#Storm
See “Ocean hazards assessment” 2004
http://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/
Let’s never forget Cyclone Mahina, as proudly Australian as zinc cream on a Milk Arrowroot. Cat 5 and 914 mbar. Whether the surge was 43 feet or the possible 48 feet, those porpoises found 50 feet up a cliff would indicate it was as seriously high as a surge can be. Mahina’s peak was no doubt boosted greatly by topography, but that cranky old hag Gaia has not been able to repeat the dose, not in 113 years of unleashing her fury on Australia’s tropic coasts.
You see, showing typical denialist ignorance, Mahina occurred in 1899.
Could Trenberth’s energy balance maths be completely wrong? A former CSIRO scientist heads a team to calculate that energy balance and finds a different number.
http://joannenova.com.au/2012/10/blockbuster-earths-energy-balance-measured-models-are-wrong/#more-24658
The Bolter talked to William Kininmonth on 2GB radio last night about hurricane Sandy and the Gore idiot.
The talk is about 24mins 30 secs in. Good interview and once again wonderful to hear facts from a sane scientist.
http://www.2gb.com/index2.php?option=com_newsmanager&task=view&id=14893
Joe Nova never ceasesdelivering. After the alarmism around Sandy this is an appropriate paper!!
http://joannenova.com.au/2012/10/blockbuster-earths-energy-balance-measured-models-are-wrong/#more-24658
Poll here:
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/slush-fund-questions-nasty-politics-pm-20121031-28kcf.html#poll
The question:
Has Julia Gillard explained her involvement in the AWU scandal of the 1990′s to your satisfaction?
It used to be that the Gorebull Warmers would demand Peer Reviewed Litchurchur to back up the claims by us deniers and sceptics. Now there is a continuous stream of perps (PEer Reviewed PaperS) and they still wave their arms and DENY that there is any problem with their JUNK SCIENCE!!!
http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2012/10/new-paper-falsifies-basis-of-theory-of.html
The new Fu paper is outstanding! I knew he was working up to something when he wrote his 2011 paper; see here:
http://joannenova.com.au/2012/05/models-get-the-core-assumptions-wrong-the-hot-spot-is-missing/
Don’t make do this!
Everyone is waiting for the chance to post the 3000th post.
If you hang back I’ll promise I will do it! I do it, I will.
Keep posting that is!
The government wants to:
“secure $1.77 billion in extra funding over 10 years to restore the ailing basin’s environment to health. ”
Anyone can enlighten me on how the basin is ailing?
The river has more permanent water than it ever had, we artificially flood areas of land that may have had a flood once in a blue moon in the “natural” state before we came along.
And all this to satisfy a fetish of greeny dreamers by denying irrigators of their livelihood and the nation of income export and internal.
How stupid is that?
I’ll take it.
AGW is disproven.
One post went missing; I’ll repeat; AGW is garbage.
Done.