The Darling River in western NSW, Australia was not given this endearing name because of a love and connection to the river - which may seem a perfectly logical idea - but because when it was named by a white man, Charles Sturt in 1830, he decided to honour the Governor of the day Ralph Darling. http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogD.html He was a right bastard, but he footed the bill for Sturts 'exploration' .
Here are two photographs I took in December 1991, when for the first time I saw the Darling with a large stretch of dry river bed and a tiny puddle of water. A river without water is a very sorry site.
Here are two photographs I took in December 1991, when for the first time I saw the Darling with a large stretch of dry river bed and a tiny puddle of water. A river without water is a very sorry site.
They are from the same site, about 20 road miles south of Wilcannia, looking up and down river.
