April 08, 2004

give them a drink

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David Mariuz, River red gums get a long, life-saving drink of water on the Chowilla flood plain, near Renmark.

The trees in the Chowilla floodplain near Renmark in South Australia are close to dead.

Some have already died:

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Andrew Tatnell, dying River red gums in the ‘Garden of Eden’, Chowilla

Attempts are being made to give them a drink. Others resist. Irrigators must come first always.


Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at April 8, 2004 02:46 PM | TrackBack
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