Go figure? " ...The water temperature will be eight degrees and that is a reminder to everyone that from the ocean to the highest peak in the world is a distance of eight kilomtres...."

Swim for climate change on Sunday


DR MATTHEW Nott, along with Grant Prowse and Jessica Greenwood, will be swimming across Lake Jindabyne on Sunday to raise awareness of the problem of carbon dioxide emissions with its threat of climate change.

They will start off from the Jindabyne foreshore and swim to East Jindabyne and back, some three to three and a half hours in the water.

The water temperature will be eight degrees and that is a reminder to everyone that from the ocean to the highest peak in the world is a distance of eight kilomtres.

That thickness of earth supports all life, said Dr Nott, and is being polluted by 7 billion tonnes of carbon through carbon dioxide emissions.

Dr Nott and his fellow swimmers will be accompanied by kayakers from Tathra and a medical team on a boat.

They hope people supporting their cause will come up to Jindayne to see the swim, which will start at 10.00am.

Dr Nott said photos of the human message on the beach at Tathra are available at Fletchers Fotographics.