THEME THURSDAY
suggests 'WATER'.
Before
After
The opinions of the Hunter Valley Community are divided regarding the 'drowning of a large area of arable land to build
Tillegra Dam.
GOING UNDER!
Here we see a stretch of water which does not exist.
But be assured, the Powers That Be have got it on their list.
This is just a mock-up of the way that things will be
When Tillegra Dam becomes another sort of inland sea.
One hundred and sixty thousand people are going to move in
To a lovely fertile valley, with their buildings and their din.
Those people will need water, even in times of drought;
So many places in this land have learned to live without.
Great for the economy, but sad for the countryside,
Which graziers and farmers have nurtured with such pride.
Is it needed? I don't know; it's all too much for me!
They tell me what a playground the ensuing lake will be;
They say that sailing, fishing and other like diversions,
Will send the tourists there in droves on fun-loving excursions.
Then others say it isn't needed, it can be done without!
The cost is quite extortionate, there isn't any doubt.
All I know is.... sunken homesteads, out-buildings gone for ever,
Are mournful things to contemplate, and we can be too clever.
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