NSW.Biodiversity<p>Australia’s Limestone Coast is drying up</p><p>"The once crystal-clear lake now often appears steel-grey or green, its water quality compromised by persistent algae blooms caused by excess nutrients in the water from agricultural runoff and wastewater. Waste from the lake’s thousands of visitors also built up, with some guests reporting seeing human faeces littering its perimeter before a portable toilet was installed in January."</p><p>“If we don’t do something about it in the next few years, it rests upon our soul. We really should have spoken up and influenced some people to care for it a bit better rather than just take, take, take.”<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/05/that-sinking-feeling-australias-limestone-coast-is-drying-up" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/jun/05/that-sinking-feeling-australias-limestone-coast-is-drying-up</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/OverExtraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OverExtraction</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/irrigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>irrigation</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/cattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cattle</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/runoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>runoff</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/plantations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plantations</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/TakeCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeCulture</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/SA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SA</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Ramsar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ramsar</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/EPBCAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPBCAct</span></a></p>