The state government has been crowing about the water quality in Sydney harbour. This national jewel is so clean that sharks and whales have returned and water clarity rivals the open ocean.
Unfortunately it is not a good idea to catch and eat the fish that live in Sydney harbour.
According to the science people the fish that live west of the harbour bridge are so polluted with dioxin that they should not even be fed to the family cat, let alone to the rest of the family. Fish east of the bridge are also a bit dodgy - but are approved for eating - provided that is done in small quantities - and not too often !
This warning does not apply to lake Illawarra. There are plenty of fish - and prawns - in the lake and eating them is health warning free - for now.
Pity about that plan by the water authorities to dump raw sewage into the late at times of heavy rain. Of course they claim that this would not happen often - but then isn't there a plan to create a huge new land release with thousands of home sites adjacent to the problem area ?
And the climate change people predict that we will get more periods of drought - but that when it does rain there will be a tendency for deluges that cause floods.
Better get in for a feed of fish while you can. If that new estate gets the final nod and the water people use the el-cheapo method of getting rid of sewage - then it will not be long before we see warning signs around our lake prohibiting fishing.
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