A beginning

In the footsteps of great men, we travel. They have travelled upon this road before us and made this nation of ours great. These men however, explored a world which today no longer exists.

Fertile soils, on which they once stood lie untilled: salt and erosion have had their way. So to has the climate. Today we see temperature records broken and rain a thing of the past - or it seems anyway.

Regardless of why this is so, how do we, as both individuals and communities, embrace, rather than combat the radically changing nature of weather and land?

In an effort to understand this, I plan to journey in the footsteps of some of our greatest explorers - Charles Sturt and Major Mitchel - down the great Darling River. Unlike these intrepid explorers, who either used a whaling boat or walked, I shall paddle down in a kayak. Like these explorers I shall be talking to those who live and breath this land, for today it is these people who are at the coal face of climate change. I want to understand their thoughts and feelings and how they face the changing nature of the land and climate upon which they are so utterly reliant.

Of course, this isn't the only reason I am heading down the Darling. Ever since I was allowed to tag along on an expedition down the Cooper Creek as a young tyke I have had an urge to explore more extensively parts of the Outback. Subsequent visits have fuelled this and the Darling River - a river I've always loved - beckons to me. Full Story

A new blog

This is a new blog spot set up for A Darling Journey, a trip down the mighty Darling River. Full Story