Imagine you are walking on your property along Lake McDonald. Sorry, when I did this, there was no Lake anymore.
This part of the Lake was gone. No rain, no lake. Even a big lagoon was only a patch of shallow water. As you come closer, you see hundreds of fish fighting to stay alive. What can you do?
1. You can walk away because this is not your problem.
2. You feel sorry for the struggling fish and think how to help them.
I did the latter. The only way to keep them alive was digging a trench to the old creek, which was now visible. I called a little excavator. Because it was already late, the excavator operator couldn't finish the job on the same day.
As soon as he started his excavator on the next day, Toni Moran from NSC turned up. There is a report that someone is digging on the lake. According to his superior you must stop. It is illegal to disturb the lake floor. I felt sorry for Toni because he was only the messenger. To make a long story short, luck was on my side. Next day we enjoyed the long awaited rain period. This saved all the precious fish. Bureaucracy going mad.
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