Having a young lad over today who has an encyclopedic knowledge of the indigenous plants of the Dandenongs, I was surprised when he mentioned that so many people here just don't see the harm that can be caused by invasive non-indigenous vegetation.
This prompted me to ask him something that I'd been noticing for a while and that is, whether or not he thought that the more recent immigrants to Australia, like myself, were more aware and interested in protecting their local environment than Aussies whose families had been here for several generations.
He said that Aussies still saw Australia has having infinite resources and found it difficult to except that the environment needing protecting. He also said that immigrants from Europe in particular were already more aware of the problems from the issues in their home countries and as such made an extra effort when coming to Australia.
I was wondering what you Aussies out there thought of this?
Hides behind a pillow...