20 June

Australians tend to talk about rivers as if they were talking about drains. Something that drains water from one spot to the sea, hopefully with lots pumped out along the way. Or something to turn into a dam. You can see this mindset in our landscapes, with their huge erosion gulleys - big drains. We don't see that water, soil, rocks, plants are a seamless mixture, that need to all be managed together.