Regional Victorians

Australia's rarest waterbird, the Freckled Duck, picture Eleanor Dilley Posted: 01/07/2019; Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting Inc. Following our last blog about domestic overnight tourism trends, https://www.regionalvictoriansotds.com/single-post/2019/06/04/Domestic-Tourism-Results-NSW-Still-Ahead-Queensland-Closing-In, results just released show Victoria - including some regional areas - saw an increase in international tourists year ending March 2019. While Phill

This is not a real picture because duck shooting is not allowed at Albert Park Lake. The question is why? Did You Know... In less than 2 weeks, a small army including children as young as twelve, will descend with their shotguns, unmonitored, on thousands of public lakes, creeks, rivers, wetlands, waterways and reservoirs around our state in a one sided ambush of our defenceless native waterbirds. Our dwindling numbers of waterbirds are struggling with unprecedented climate c

Any day now the Andrews government will announce what will or won't be, in terms of another native waterbird shooting season in 2019, at thousands of public waterways around Victoria often in close proximity to residents. For the sake of our struggling native waterbirds and the communities they (used to) frequent, let's hope our “new” Labor Government is indeed progressive, true to its word on protecting our unique wildlife and governing for all Victorians – majority of whom