Teach flora and fauna

As Australia Day advances, I am again reminded of the irony of it all.

We will be encouraged to fly the flag and sing the National Anthem but during the rest of the year the real Australia, the flora and fauna of this land, much of it unique, will be further stressed as more and more of the land is cleared and/or covered with concrete.

When will the authorities make it mandatory that education about our incredible flora and fauna be taught in schools?

Let us hope that it will be soon, so that this incredible ignorance can be overcome before the real Australia is lost forever.

Margaret Lund, Woy Woy Bay