Tuesday of course was ANZAC Day so we were up at 4.00 am for the Dawn Service and then Alan had a full morning of Light Horse activities. No photos as I had to do some Carriage Club Treasurer business and then Coralie came over for some tutorials in Digiscrapping and photoediting. She stayed for lunch and then we got back into it. We both had a lot of fun :)
Wednesday was a big day for RDA as our Carriage Driving Team was putting in our final practice for the RDA State Championships on Saturday. Then on Wednesday afternoon the Dam Bombshell hit. The State Governm
ent announced that they are going to be building a `mega dam' near us in our beautiful Mary Valley. :( It seems that 872 properties will have to be resumed. Our property is unaffected but we are personally affected as so many of our friends are now faced with the loss of their homes and livelihoods. Financial compensation is no compensation as most will not be able to find anywhere to live locally and of course they love their homes. When you live on acreage your land and the environment is more important to you than the `bricks and mortar' So on Friday we went to the first protest meeting and there will be another huge local gathering tomorrow night. I am feeling pessimistic (not like me) because the water situation is becoming desperate in Brisbane and the government will just push on. Wherever they put a dam people will be displaced. This is a LO which I did using an image of the large Dam on our property.
