We're on a walk across northern Spain. Followed by a train trip that crosses spaghetti western country, dry bare near desert.
Everywhere we look there is the evidence of European history and development. Farms, crops and cleared fields, grazing flocks and herds. Villages, towns, cities, buildings and ruins. Roads, traffic, power lines, factories.
Humanity and all of its accessories.
The one thing that is missing, is "natural".
There is absolutely nothing that has not been altered by people. People settling, clearing, building, fighting, destroying. Then doing it all again. Even the sparse and harsh desert has been cleared and cultivated. Even the" forests" are plantations.
Europe has thousands of years of human history, human beauty and human development. Nothing at all is left of wild nature.
Have we left it too late to protect Australia? If we begin to act now, is there a chance to save some of Australia's natural beauty.
I hope that we care enough to try.
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