This week’s theme: ‘Boring’
(1) What and where is the Gnangara Mound? (bonus: What is the name of the second, smaller Mound to the south of the Gnangara Mound?)
Answer: A large unconfined aquifer, located north of Perth’s Swan River (bonus: Jandakot Mound).
(2) True or false?: The Great Artesian Basin and the Murray-Darling Basin do not overlap?
Answer: False. The southern Great Artesian Basin underlies much of the northern Murray-Darling Basin.
(3) Where in Australia would you find the Windmill Museum?
Answer: Penong, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia.
(4) In 2014, who controversially suggested that Australian scientists should investigate dowsing or water divining to help farmers locate underground water?
Answer: The CSIRO’s (then) incoming Chief Executive Officer, Larry Marshall.
(5) Complete this line from Banjo Paterson’s Song of the Artesian Water: “If the Lord won't send us water, oh, we'll get it from … …”
Answer: The devil.
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Hi
I would contest the answers for questions 2 and 4. I haven't seen a shoe shine sponge applicator used for 20 years, and don't know anyone who uses them any more. I don't think that they could be considered "widely" used. The old adage of working from good to bad bush is not the case. Often work will start in the worst bush, finding remnant native plants that could die soon if not protected, and a triage done to ensure their survival til the area can be properly regenerated. As part of a comprehensive regeneration project, work can move between good and bad areas in a strategic fashion. One example would be to treat flowering or seeding high threat weed species or to eradicate a new incursion of a high threat weed species. These kinds of activities can significantly reduce overall time to regenerate a site.
Peter Dixon
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