tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568198983140309755.post422875796614104036..comments2023-07-01T19:03:20.587+10:00Comments on jumping aground: River bedsSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09715879775216108688noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568198983140309755.post-54135301956661883512012-09-30T19:44:45.987+10:002012-09-30T19:44:45.987+10:00Hi Sue .. reminds me of the ephemeral rivers in Na...Hi Sue .. reminds me of the ephemeral rivers in Namibia particularly ..<br /><br />and after the floods we've had here recently and now those in Spain .. water needs to be taken seriously at all times ..<br /><br />Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568198983140309755.post-23223459817880473602012-09-26T11:22:56.693+10:002012-09-26T11:22:56.693+10:00Tina, I hope you drop back again as I'll be do...Tina, I hope you drop back again as I'll be doing more posts on Central Australia. <br /><br />Venice is fascinating, I was lucky enough to visit a couple of years ago and loved it. Foolishly I didn't take enough photos :(<br /><br />re your link, of course that's fine, anytime! However, and I'm not particularly technical so this mightn't work, have a look at this post and see if it works for you with the hyperlink sig. I'm more than willing to help in any way I can. http://traverselife.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/hyperlink-signature-for-a-z-blogging.html<br /><br />BTW, my fireplace is surrounded by rocks and pebbles of assorted size, shape and hue that I've picked up over the years. I love them!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715879775216108688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568198983140309755.post-22182677826275080802012-09-26T01:03:27.130+10:002012-09-26T01:03:27.130+10:00I love learning about new places and SEEING them. ...I love learning about new places and SEEING them. I'd have been one of those fools parked close to the edge...thanks for the safety tip. Visiting Australia is on my bucket list, just after Venice, which is #1. You had me wanting to collect some of those rocks!<br />Great post, Sue.<br />Tina @ Life is Good<br />http://kmdlifeisgood.blogspot.com/<br /><br />(this computer is so old it won't let me hyperlink a signature - if the URL bothers you, let me know and I'll leave it off in my next comment)Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925730745204736744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568198983140309755.post-48020656749620907282012-09-25T09:53:03.467+10:002012-09-25T09:53:03.467+10:00Hart, many of the rivers in Central Australia are ...Hart, many of the rivers in Central Australia are rivers in name only. There is little expectation that they will carry water, and this has been the case for hundreds if not thousands of years. there's a famous boat race in Alice Springs called the Henley on Todd where the participants would be very put out if there was water. <br /><br />Our climate is definitely changing, but out there, it's hard to notice the difference. <br /><br />How cool that you were a whitewater rafting guide! We certainly have suitable rivers for that pass-time, but they'd be coastal, not in the Centre.<br /><br />Stories hey ... hmmm .... Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715879775216108688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568198983140309755.post-8477507730837747722012-09-24T23:04:24.254+10:002012-09-24T23:04:24.254+10:00Has this always been common there? Or have drought...Has this always been common there? Or have droughts gotten worse? We have years that streams dry up, but it would be a pretty darned big deal for a river to dry up. I was at one time a 'river rat' (licensed whitewater rafting guide) and a lot of that training is how to read rivers based on water level which varies a lot over the course of the season (spring having tons of new snow melt) and we always watched snow levels to know just how high the spring flow would get. River beds, though, seem like they'd have some cool stories.Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.com