July 7, 2014, 9:54 a.m.

Concerned at the number of native animals becoming caught in barbed wire on fences, Young District Landcare decided to try and do something practical to help.

Concerned at the number of native animals becoming caught in barbed wire on fences, Young District Landcare decided to try and do something practical to help.

They came up with the idea of Barb Busters.

The group recently held two working bees on Young properties, removing over three kilometres of barbed wire.

The first property off Moppity Road forms part of the Douglas Range, sometimes referred to as Black Range, and adjoins Young Nature Reserve, a local National Park.

The second property is in the Crowther area and is part of the Illunie Range.

Both properties are very rich in flora and fauna, enabling the groups to explore the bushland before getting down to work.

Unfortunately, the remains of two Tawny Frogmouths were found in the barbed wire, so the group felt a great sense of satisfaction after removing the barbed wire, in the knowledge that no more Tawny Frogmouths or other native animals would be caught.

One volunteer who helped on both days was Young resident Marianne OToole.

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Budding flowers in springtime giving hope to a fresh, beautiful start. Bamboo stalks swaying in the breeze, sending nostalgia of the calm, carefree life in the countryside. Water raging from the top of the mountains like the surge of emotions of a passionate lover, mountains and cliffs covered with trees and moss evoking the mysteries of nature these are just some of the themes of the ink paintings of esteemed Chinese artists Chen Lyusheng and Sun Jiangtao.

Chinese ink painting focuses on the concept, the feeling. So, its not just like you draw something and make it similar to the real object. It focuses on the peoples feelings, its what you can see, what you can get, after seeing these pictures, Lyusheng, through an interpreter, told GMA News Online.

And capturing the feelings through painting is one of the things that Filipino and Chinese artists have in common, said National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) chairman Felipe De Leon Jr. during the opening of the exhibit titled Ink Paintings from China: Chen Lyusheng and Sun Jiangtao at the Metropolitan Museum on June 19.

Im very happy that Chinese art has very close realities to Philippine art. Both conditions do not simply copy what is seen by the eyes, because the Chinese and Filipino artists capture what we know rather than what we see, De Leon said in a speech.

Chinese artists capture the essence of things. They capture the soul of the mountains, of a tree, a river. This is also true for Filipino paintings, he added.

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Letter-writer S. Cunningham suggests this photograph demonstrates that gates and fences do little to protect people.

image credit: Contributed photo

Editor:

The submitted photo (above) demonstrates the futility of erecting gates and fences to protect the public on White Rock beach.

On a daily basis you can see people standing on the tracks in front of an oncoming train or dashing across the tracks just before the train reaches the point of crossing.

S. Cunningham, Surrey

In the past 45-plus years of going to the beach as a child and adult, Ive realized the more fences, gates and railings they put up, the more people are going to hustle and bustle to achieve access to the beach by the quickest means possible.

When we were kids, there were no barriers, yet a constant warning alarm, a ringing bell on the trains and drop-down barriers at crossings.

When there was not this convoluted rat maze of impediment of barrings, the majority 98 per cent of people getting hit by the trains were the drunk, drugged, the unaware. Less is more.

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Properties along the Palm Beach beachfront have taken over land in front of their properties. Picture David Clark Source: News Corp Australia

PROPERTY boundaries stretching out onto the sand will stop an oceanway from ever being built at Palm Beach according to local councillor Daphne McDonald.

Cr McDonald made the comment after it became clear that several homeowners on exclusive Jefferson Lane had fenced off parts of Palm Beach because their property extended beyond the high-water mark and onto what people thought was a public beach.

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This week Cr McDonald said one of the downsides to the situation was the fact that council could not build a boardwalk along Palm Beach for the general public to enjoy.

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We would have to put it in front of the private land and that would place it too close to the ocean, she said.

If it was there, it would soon be washed away and council would be criticised for wasting public funds.

A string of blocks on Jefferson Lane, many of which are home to prestige properties, have fences and gates around the section of beach in front to stop the general public from accessing the area.

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Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer detects some hypocrisy in President Barack Obamas reluctance to build a fence along the entire border between the United States and Mexico. After all, he asked on The OReilly Factor Tuesday night, If fences dont work, why is there one around the White House?

Krauthammer argued that if America could fully secure its border, then the American people would be far more willing to legalize the 11 million undocumented immigrants who are currently living in this country.

But how would Krauthammer secure the border, OReilly asked. You start with a fence, he replied.

People say, Oh, fences dont work, you make a ladder. Well, then you build two fences, triple-strand fences, Krauthammer continued, stopping short of a Herman Cain-style electrified fence with a moat full of alligators.

If fences dont work, why is there one around the White House? he asked. If they dont work, why is it that the Israeli fence, which separates Israel from the West Bank, has cut down terror attacks within Israel by 99%. Fences work.

Krauthammer admitted that its not entirely practical or even possible to build a fence that covers all 1,989 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico, but said we should be covering as much of it as we possibly can.

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MY BEACH: Some property owners at Palm Beach have put up fences on the sand to where their boundary stretches. Picture: David Clark Source: News Corp Australia

GOLD Coast Mayor Tom Tate is determined to knock down the fences erected on Palm Beach by residents marking out the boundaries of their prestige oceanfront properties.

Yesterday Cr Tate described the fences, put up by some of the citys richest residents, as ad hoc.

Safety is the main issue for me, he said.

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If a (Cyclone) Oswald visited again and knocked out those fences, it would be unsafe. (The debris) could take out property and people.

Cr Tate said that the fences would have be removed anyway after new State Government legislation was passed this year guaranteeing beach access.

Those fences are going to be classed as illegal and they will have to come down, Cr Tate said.

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