Letter: Bikers and hikers

By Kim Weir
Updated August 7 2017 - 2:42pm, first published 1:43pm
No amount of fencing will address biosecurity concerns associated with the Goulburn to Crookwell rail trail, writes Kim Weir.
No amount of fencing will address biosecurity concerns associated with the Goulburn to Crookwell rail trail, writes Kim Weir.

I’m sure you agree they have a lot in common. I sympathise with Mr Newman and the Nixon family who recently penned letters to the editor outlining their concerns with the proposed rail trail being a major risk in the spread of livestock diseases, noxious weeds and on farm security, fire risks to name a few. Mr Newman made mention of foot and mouth, possibly the most serious of all livestock diseases. I read with interest a recent major newspaper story stating that five hikers who recently returned from Nepal did not follow protocol in regard to decontamination of footwear by custom officials on their return to Australia. Just for the record, Nepal is an endemic FMD country. Is this an isolated incident? Probably not.

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