Saturday, January 28, 2012

Latest Post from Travel Wonders of the World

Latest Post from Travel Wonders of the World


Of Drought and Flooding Rains (Bourke, Australia)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:34 PM PST

For several decades, Bourke (and most towns far around) have been protected from flooding waters by giant levee banks. Like comforting blankets, these raised banks track the river through Bourke and sweep around its outskirts. Life-giving flood waters revitalise parched soils and rivers, slowly creep down across the flat lands from the north but no longer inundate the town centres. The waters...

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