<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;“Platypus habitat in Penrith threatened by Sydney Water's plans to fix eroded bank, conservationists say”</h2><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">“Conservationists believe Sydney Water plans to build concrete walls on both sides of the creek.” (ABC News)</div><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEFffLJ-WBHZeeJK6kHsPUaWBkPUjYVJ9mB9Or8urqsv7BWT_YzkwEho4sTqp-yt6ElTo2AMmydmsqWr2z2xC74exrxvurEFDhnJAH0SZsM5IXIXCEhEnb8LEnVM9o0szaIrLAj54rpK3pMqUAXxVMDQIHez_XypPqVImBW1Nx3-bOtO5aS8zQHthyphenhyphenw/s270/platypus%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Concrete Toxicity" border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="270" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEFffLJ-WBHZeeJK6kHsPUaWBkPUjYVJ9mB9Or8urqsv7BWT_YzkwEho4sTqp-yt6ElTo2AMmydmsqWr2z2xC74exrxvurEFDhnJAH0SZsM5IXIXCEhEnb8LEnVM9o0szaIrLAj54rpK3pMqUAXxVMDQIHez_XypPqVImBW1Nx3-bOtO5aS8zQHthyphenhyphenw/w640-h640/platypus%204.jpeg" title="The Concrete Toxicity" width="640" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="background: white; line-height: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">We Need Better Options For All Australian Wildlife &amp; Not Just A Concrete Fix</span></span></h2><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Concrete is NOT the answer. Long-term concrete is a highly destructive influence on waterways and health in general – For the Platypus and for all other aquatic fauna and flora as well as for humanity.</span></div></span><p></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">There are natural alternatives and YES! These can last for a hundred years plus while they promote life and clean waterways. Neither of which concrete is capable of.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">See <a href="https://www.ecoreefproject.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The EcoReef Project</a> before you allow any rash decisions to harm these creatures.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">There are alternative solutions that can be tested NOW without harm and WITHOUT COST.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The footprint of an EcoReef is gentle – They can be tested in a similar waterway close to the canal in question IMMEDIATELY – Then if they work you can have a fair decision-making process.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Remember! It is not up to Sydney Water or any other authority anywhere, anymore to make life decisions that may cause further depletion of threatened species such as the Platypus.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The Platypus belongs to the world – Don’t play games with their environment.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">#savetheplatypus #platypus #waterways #ecoreefproject #ecology #environment</span></span></p>

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