by SeaGypsy » Wed 19 Mar 2014, 07:05:15
Lol, I thought she said $2 a DAY
The last great Savannah is what is at stake.
Southern Aussies won't do manual labour on tropical crops, handing out free visas to under 30's from about 17 countries can't fill the jobs going now when the mangoes are on. The top end savannah is the western world's most linguistically diverse, closest to original state vast region in the world. It is also capable of feeding many millions of hungry mouths just to the north, mouths whose owners are used to 12 hour days in the tropics. I spent years of my life in this region and will be there again in a few weeks. It's a heart wrenching part of the world. At the doorstep of Asia, with huge opportunity compared to the stale south, in a huge array of fields employment is virtually full most of the year.
My life revolves around this part of the world. I can't make any sweeping statements about where it is going, but it is a crucial time for the biodiversity and cultural diversity of the far north and centre of Australia. As an aspiring writer there are few more interesting places in the world than SE Asia and Oceania.