wilderness society

                       

I guess my memory must be a bit dodgy.   I didn't pick up on the fact that it is the 1 cent coin with the possum and of course the 2 cent coin has the frill necked lizard.

There were a couple of young guys who dressed and looked like they had just come out of the wilderness (am still wondering if it was a marketing ploy) set up with A4 photos of possums and plantations with huge scars from logging etc displayed on a bench seat outside the olive tree shopping complex.   They were hailing people as they walked past.  I 'll come back in a minute I said as I headed in to put my script in at the chemist.   True to my word I went back for a look.  (OK it may have been because I had nothing better to do while I waited).  Do  you remember the 2 cent coin he asked me.  Yes.  Well the possum that was on the 2 cent coin is now nearly extinct, and he pointed to a picture of a little possum.  Mmmm I wondered.  If I had been a teenager would he have asked me about the 2 cent coin.   Anyway he continued his spiel about plantations and I lost what the heck it was that he was trying to tell me. so I thought I would save us both the trouble and cut straight to the money. 

Are these items for sale.   No.   Do you want a donation.  No.  Well then what do you want I asked.  (Surely my script must be ready by now).   We are asking people to sign up to the Wilderness Society.  Oh.  Sorry not interested.  But why?  Just not interested I told him.   I didn't even bother asking him whether there was a fee involved or anything else.  Guess I'm just not a joiner.  I wandered away and picked up my script.  On the way back to my car I had to pass the two young men again.   Are you sure you won't change you mind he sailed towards me with a grin. I smiled.  Yes sure.  As I drove away the second young man was butting out a cigarette in the bin nearby.  It made me wonder just how much of the walk they walked or was it just the talk they talked.  
Cigarettes would have to be one of the biggest polluters of all time and cause extreme damage to the environment.