Cockle Train

There was a derailment today involving the Cockle Train down on Fleurieu Peninsula. One of the carriages was seen to be belly up!

 

Now for the real tragedy that is taking place on the lower lakes

 

 

I read an interesting news article in the Adelaide Advertiser yesterday, 4th April 2009. The article stated that the famous cockles collected on Goolwa Beaches are no longer adults & are all undersize. This has resulted in the closure of the harvesting season this year. The article went on to say how much of a mystery this is to local fishermen, politicians & bioligists.

 

I suggest that they take a tour to the lower lakes, or now waterless basins, and view the thousands of dead adult cockles that lay exposed on the dry lake beds. I'm sure there are tens of thousands more laying beneath the muddy surface.

 

These cockles have perished while remaining in what was once a safe area for the cockles, only being left on the lakes banks when the tide retreated. Of course, they'd be rescued again when the tide rose.

 

Due to the drought & the over irrigation in the upper reaches of the river system, the water has now reseeded & the tide no longer rises, thus leaving the cockles high & dry.

 

All the beauracrats have to do is visit these lakes & they'll find the answer to their mystery!

Done