#australiaisburning

[mirrorballbetty]

Australia’s Burning

Saw a few tweets on twitter from international people saying that us aussie people should stop begging for donations. To put this into perspective for you:

- our fires started in september 2019 in spring WAY before our fire season even begun.

- the government has cut the budget for volunteer fire fighters which means that they are mostly unable to purchase good quality uniforms and good quality breathing equipment to even protect themselves when on the front line of these ferocious fires.

- the government + national parks had ALL winter to back burn australia to limit the amount of bushfires but chose not to.

- each day is getting worse and worse. Every thunder storm with lightning that we get that doesn’t have rain causes more fires and is happening more frequently.

- businesses are closing and burning down. People are unable to purchase medication, fuel for their cars when fleeing their own town, food, running out of water + unable to buy baby food.

- around 23 people have died + over 20 people are missing. This is just in NSW + VIC and include 3 fire fighters who had loving families.

- over a thousand homes have been lost (around 1.4 i think?)

- canberra, the capital city of australia, has the WORST air quality in the world right now, in which it has killed one person and they weren’t even near any fires, the smoke got to them. The smoke from these fires have been reaching NZ since NOVEMBER.

- people have spent 3+ hours in traffic when fleeing their towns only to travel 2-7km’s and that’s not very far + some have spent days on the shorelines of australia either on boats or waiting for the navy or other australian defence teams to come pick them up, that’s how bad these fires are.

- towns are being wiped off the maps of australia.

- over HALF A BILLION animals (koalas, kangaroos + cattle mostly) have PERISHED in these fires. Koalas are already endangered and were already on the brink of extinction before these fires even started. Farmers have had to shoot their cattle because their injuries have been so severe and there’s nothing more they could do for them.

- one of australia’s most popular islands is nearly all on fire.

- over 4 MILLION hectares has been burnt and that’s more than the cali + amazon fires COMBINED.

- each day is getting more catastrophic than the last. Some people are given days to flee and if they don’t leave by a certain day they will probably not be allowed to leave at all.

- people are opening their own homes to 20+ completely strangers just so they have somewhere to stay.

We understand why you can’t donate and if you can we are very grateful for your donation. We are also very grateful if you even spread awareness by talking about it, rt’ing things, reblogging things etc, sharing links so others are able to donate. I’m sorry if we sound like we’re BEGGING for donations, we just want to be heard, helped and we want this to be over.

I will reblog with links that are helping our fire fighters + communities.

Thank you 💗

[you-are-another-me]

Visualise it. Feel it. Focus on it.

[determined-mind]

Kangaroo Island 💔

I'm saddened by the lack of community on this particular social media platform. Maybe I'm just hypersensitive due to what is going on in my home but it saddenes me nonetheless.

Thank you to the very few mutuals who have reached out or reblogged something that's deeply close and important to me.

Im going to continue posting what is going on even though it feels like shouting into a void.

I understand a lot of people feel helpless and ya'll are probably sick of being bombarded with pleas for donations or requests to spread awareness and horrible images. I get it. I do. I just wish that after 6 years on this website and nearly 10 000 human followers, there would be more support here. ☮

[discount-meat-depot]

On a short trip to the shops to try to get bottled water. I've been home sick for several days - I have a bad cough, a worse headache, and I've been constantly out of breath for the last week. This sucks. #australia #australiaisburning https://www.instagram.com/p/B67L3-ihQ7E/?igshid=y46tvz0tsfm2

[destroyyaa]

Sure it's cool seeing celebrities tweeting about what's happening here in Australia but unless they're donating money then don't give them praise

[whitehareknits]

Working on the pouch generously donated by @imagine_art0 . . . #australiarelief #joeypotter #knitsforaustralia #knitsforcharity #australiaisburning #savethejoeys #knitstagram (at Dallas, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7R52uBh7J_/?igshid=uyul7dl10887

[bikeraholic]

Words cannot describe what I'm feeling see all the disasters in Australia 😢 🔥🙏🏻 It's so sad and heartbreaking to see this! Tonight I have donated money to help in the efforts and I hope you can too. Please check out Red Cross Australia and donate what you can. Nothing is to little and they severely need our help! - 24 people dead - 10,000 Koalas dead - 500 millions animals Dead - Over 5,5 million hectares burned ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ #prayforaustralia #prayforaustralia🇦🇺 #prayforrain #australia #australien #australiaisburning #bushfire #bushfiraustralia #weareaustralian #wildlife #koala #coala #känguru #tragedy https://www.instagram.com/p/B7CXlZYgMW5/?igshid=z8ijfqfzfuaa

[naytomeettay]

Australia really is facing a Cruel Summer..

I haven’t posted in the longest time as I’ve been consumed with the state of our environment. But I still love you Taylor 😻😻 and I LOVED Cats 😘😘❤️❤️😻😻

[froggy-5]

[mylittlemesseduphead]

Australia is on fire

Australia is on fire and has been for months over 12 million hectares have been burnt down which is more than 10 times the size of the Amazon fires, over half a billion animals have died, thousands have lost their homes and there is so much smoke that the smoke is showing up in New Zealand. Towns are still being evacuated but there is literally no where safe to go. This is all a result of climate change but the government doesn’t care and refuses to act. This is the biggest crisis we have ever faced and no body in the rest of the world seems to care at all. Billionaires found a heap of money to save some old building but none have even tried to help an entire country that is still burning. The official fire season has only started and we have 3 more months where conditions will be even worse than they are now. It looks like the apocalypse.

[thedisc0panda]

AUSTRALIA FIRE DONATION PROJECT!!! Link in Bio ✨ . . It’s timeeeeeee! Scroll to see information. Australia has been ravaged by horrible bushfires that have left an outstanding amount of animals hurt, hungry, lost, or dead. While I live on the other side of the world I do make art...and thought why not try and do even what little I can to help. So I launched a new goal on my Kofi and ordered some stickers to help the animals. Here’s how it works: you buy 1 Kofi ($3 USD) you get a round matte sticker (must dm/email proof to be eligible) and if you buy 2 kofis ($6 USD) you get a sticker and a digital download of this cute little koala. Proceeds will be donated to the World Wildlife Foundation Australia 🐨 . Even if you can’t donate please spread the word!!! ❤️❤️❤️ . . . #australiafires #prayforaustralia #australia #bushfiresaustralia #australiagram_nsw #worldwildlifefundaustralia #worldwildlifefund #australiaonfire #australiaisburning #australianbushfires #savethekoalas #koala #koalas #stickershop #stickeraddict #stickerart #digitalillustration #digitalpainting #digitalart #artistoninstagram #artistsupport #artistsofinstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationartist #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #animallovers #animalartist #savetheanimals (at Boston, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7tM6G0BHyj/?igshid=cdwjdqmrsls9

[delleenna]

#prayforAustralia 😭 #AustraliaisBurning 🔥 #SaveAustralia #australia 🇦🇺 (at Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B69aZZ-JKI4/?igshid=d4t284npv2g9

[you-are-another-me]

Here are links where you can make donations and support workers and firefighters who are incessantly risking their lives for people, plants and animals. 🐨🌳🦘

www.koalahospital.org.au

www.redcross.org.au

www.wires.org.au

www.rfs.nsw.gov.au

Please share! 🌏 Thank you!

[sonicfanthenightfury5099]

Donate to save Australia from the Bush fires. Especially the Koala bears #art #Myart #saveaustralia #savetheplanet #savethekoalas #australiaisburning (at Millet, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/B67D5DThT6x/?igshid=1p4caszbwuvxp

[isabellabrucewriter]

The start of my year long project #365sunsets #instaproject #countrylife #drought #australiaisburning (at Bauple, Queensland, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6xSI-ig-OH/?igshid=dwo101tr4w5y

[kissthenyx]

Reposted from @werbleapp (@get_regrann) - 🐨 HELP ME! 🐨Over 1 billion animals have been killed during Australia’s fires. 🔥Many heartbreaking images and videos have been shared all over the world - and there is no end in sight. Experts say this can still go on for months! 🥺 We can all do our part to help in this situation. We have included a few links in this post (Art @melanippe_art - Werble @mothpete) with options of charities to chose from. Animal hospitals and shelters in Australia need all the help they can get as they are struggling with the little resources available in order to be able to act with such an unexpected surge of injured animals. • Which animals are affected? • Koalas🐨, flying foxes🦊, Kangaroos🦘, Camels🐫 (yes there are camels in Australia!), Livestock🐮and many many more - and of course, many families have been evacuated from their homes 👩‍👦👨‍👧‍👦having to find safety from fires and temperatures rising up to 51 C🔥. Mother Nature is burning🍃🍂. Something needs to change! • Are you willing to help? • Here is where you could donate to! • 🇦🇺@wireswildliferescue is Australia's largest wildlife rescue organization. • 🇦🇺 @rspcansw travel to burned landscapes to rescue and treat the injured animals. • 🇦🇺 @portmacquariekoalahospital your donation helps the Koala Hospital with the rescue and treatment of sick and injured koalas and release back to their habitat if possible. • 🇦🇺Or you can chose to plant a tree or adopt a koala - or both 🌳🐨here @australiankoalafoundation 🤎 • 🇦🇺Let’s do our part to help Australia! 🇦🇺Thank you 🙏🏼😢 • • • • • #werble #werbleapp #photoedits #photoeditor #motiongraphic #editz #koala🐨 #looping #digital_art #australia #helpaustralia #australiaisburning #charitywork #allforone #savethenature #koala #koalasofinstagram #charity #appeal #mothernature #pachamama #nswfires #australiagram_nsw #australia_shotz #kangaroo #fire #nature #climatechangeisreal #climatechange #stopclimatechange https://www.instagram.com/p/B7jn7XxFOZM/?igshid=5j809jhxzvfn