Watery Wednesday ~ The Mighty Murray Brought Low

The mighty Murray River brought to its knees by drought and
excessive plundering of its water for irrigation and water supplies
to townships hundreds of miles away.
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Barely managing a ripple.
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A lonely seagull surveys the exposed sandbanks.
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You can tell its normal width by the trees on its banks. Now
it is so shallow you can walk across where paddle-steamers
once plied their trade. The lakes further down its course have
dried up and its mouth to the sea has been silted over for
many a year.
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