“Australia is an island surrounded by water. My fondest memories growing up were trips to the beach, walking around the harbour and playing in the beautiful parks.” BeautifulWaterMemoriesGrowing UpGrowingWalkingBeachIslandsParksAustraliaHarbors Author:Tammin Sursok
“With nine degrees of warming, computer models project that Australia will look like a disaster movie. Habitats for most vertebrates will vanish. Water supply to the Murray-Darling Basin will fall by half, severely curtailing food production.” LooksFallWaterHalfDegreesComputerProjectsModelsProductionsDisasterNineAustraliaDarlingHabitatFood ProductionVertebratesDisaster Movie Author:Jeff Goodell
“The aboriginal peoples of Australia illustrate the conflict between technology and the natural world succinctly, by asking, 'What will you do when the clever men destroy your water?' That, in truth, is what the world is coming to.” MenWorldWaterNaturalTechnologyEnvironmentTruth IsConflictAskingCleverAustraliaNatural WorldAboriginalClever Man Author:Winona LaDuke
“We live our lives by the water and if you don't know how to swim in Australia, it's like not knowing how to cross a road. It's an incredible survival thing that you really must learn when you're a child.” IfsKnowsChildrenWaterKnow HowKnowingOur LivesSurvivalCrossesIncrediblesAustraliaLive BySwimNot Knowing Author:Eric Bana
“We want to create a sort of linguistic Lourdes, where evil and misfortune are dispelled by a dip in the waters of euphemism” WantWisdomEvilWaterAustraliaMisfortunesDipEuphemismLourdes Author:Robert Hughes