The waters of Sydney Harbour are much cleaner than they once were. I'm still not sure that I'd want to eat anything out of it, but many do. And if you're living on a pension (which I wouldn't be surprised if today's subject is), a free feed now and then probably wouldn’t go astray.

Coincidence: A few days after posting this an article appeared regarding fishing in Sydney Harbour.

"A Department of Primary Industries report released today shows the harbour has the most recreational fishers per square kilometre of any NSW waterway. Yet authorities are concerned about poisoned fish that were caught west of the Harbour Bridge being eaten.

Government staff surveyed more than 500 people, who named 33 species they took home.

Despite the 70 per cent of survey respondents rating the harbour as ''good to very good'', Primary Industries Minister Steve Whan said fishers were ignoring warnings about possible carcinogens in catches from west of the bridge.

Fish from the western side of the harbour have been considered unsafe to eat since 2006, when high levels of dioxins were found in some species."