Inside The Backyard

Cold, wet winter months, walk outside, and guaranteed somewhere in your garden you’ll find sour sobs! As little kids, my brother and I would wander around the yard picking sour sobs, a few to give to mum to put in a vase, and a few for us snack on, we’d chew on the crunchy, sour stems. I can still hear Mum’s voice calling out from the back door, “Don’t eat those! They’re sour because the dogs pee on them!”

There are some things in life we can replace. A dead lawn, a failed crop, a broken fence, a struggling garden. But water? Clean, ancient underground water systems that have taken thousands upon thousands of years to form beneath our feet? Once they're damaged, contaminated, or depleted… there’s no quick fix for that. This is why so many people across the Limestone Coast are deeply concerned right now about the proposed lifting of the fracking moratorium in our region.