La Niña and the platypus: stories of Australasian water relationships

IF 2.4 Q2 WATER RESOURCES Australasian Journal of Water Resources Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI:10.1080/13241583.2021.2010392
K. Daniell
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Skipping out the door, the little girl jumped over the concrete steps and cartwheeled across the lush green grass. She whistled happily to herself as she grabbed some fennel off a sprouting plant at the back of the garden to munch on, before jumping to reach the highest bars of a bent metal ladder that was attached to the apricot tree, swinging across it like monkey bars. An hour later, as the sun began to dip in the sky, she had her helmet on and was off for a scoot around the neighbourhood wetlands with her big brother and a family from the next street, the parents following lazily behind, their mouths and noses enjoying their new found freedoms in the fresh air. The wetlands were full of birdsong, or rather cacophony when the cockatoos entered the fray overhead, and were teeming with tadpoles and low croaking, and a myriad of other insects and people who had come to appreciate the beauty of the welcoming day. Halfway around the path at the edge of one of the ponds, peering through and over the reeds, there were outstretched arms from a bunch of very excited people, some with kids on their shoulders, exclaiming “Look! There!” The kids dumped their scooters and ran over to see what was happening. The water broke slightly and circular reverberations could be seen making their way in all directions to the reeds. “Are you sure?” said one of the women, disbelieving the crowd. “There can’t be any here,” said another, “It’s likely just a fish.” The water broke slightly again, with a dark grey protrusion like a slippery stone just visible. “There! There!” shrieked a young boy from his mother’s shoulders: “It’s a beak!” And as if just to confuse the crowd, a couple of seconds later, a patch of sleek brown appeared near the tree debris a metre away and travelled along the surface of the darkly reflective water for just a second before appearing to dive out of sight. “Papa, papa, c’est un ornithorynque” squealed the excited little girl, her face brimming with delight. Not waiting another second, she turned to her brother and affirmed in no uncertain terms, “This is the absolute best day of my life!”
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La Niña和鸭嘴兽:澳大利亚水关系的故事
小女孩跳出门,跳过水泥台阶,翻着车穿过郁郁葱葱的绿草。当她从花园后面一株发芽的植物上摘下一些茴香大嚼时,她高兴地吹着口哨,然后跳到连接在杏树上的弯曲金属梯子的最高栏杆上,像猴架一样在上面摆动。一个小时后,当太阳开始在天空中落下时,她戴上头盔,和她的哥哥以及隔壁街道的一家人一起在附近的湿地上慢跑,父母懒洋洋地跟在后面,他们的口鼻在新鲜空气中享受着新发现的自由。湿地里充满了鸟鸣声,或者更确切地说,当凤头鹦鹉进入头顶时,那里充满了蝌蚪和低沉的叫声,还有无数其他昆虫和前来欣赏欢迎日美景的人。在其中一个池塘边的小路上走到一半时,一群非常兴奋的人伸出双臂,其中一些人肩上扛着孩子,大声喊道:“看!在那里!”孩子们扔下摩托车,跑过去看看发生了什么。水面微微破碎,可以看到圆形的回声向各个方向传到芦苇丛中。“你确定吗?”其中一个女人说,不相信人群。“这里不可能有,”另一个人说,“很可能只是一条鱼。”水再次轻微破裂,一个深灰色的突起就像一块光滑的石头。“在那里!在那里!”一个小男孩从他母亲的肩膀上尖叫道:“这是一只喙!”似乎只是为了迷惑人群,几秒钟后,一块光滑的棕色出现在一米外的树木残骸附近,沿着黑暗反射的水面行驶了一秒钟,然后似乎消失了。“爸爸,爸爸,这是最棒的鸟”兴奋的小女孩尖叫着,脸上洋溢着喜悦。她没有再等一秒钟,就转向哥哥,毫不含糊地肯定道:“这绝对是我一生中最美好的一天!”
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期刊介绍: The Australasian Journal of Water Resources ( AJWR) is a multi-disciplinary regional journal dedicated to scholarship, professional practice and discussion on water resources planning, management and policy. Its primary geographic focus is on Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Papers from outside this region will also be welcomed if they contribute to an understanding of water resources issues in the region. Such contributions could be due to innovations applicable to the Australasian water community, or where clear linkages between studies in other parts of the world are linked to important issues or water planning, management, development and policy challenges in Australasia. These could include papers on global issues where Australasian impacts are clearly identified.
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