Cooks River

Wikipedia states, "The Cooks River has a catchment area of 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi), within the metropolitan areas of Sydney enclosed by urban environments and extensive recreational areas. Over 400,000 people live in this area and there are over 100,000 commercial and industrial premises."  The result is that in days gone by it became nothing more than a polluted drain.

On the right of my photo you will notice the concrete bank of the river, this canal approach I understand was built during the 1930s Depression but recently millions of dollars have been spent on rebuilding the banks to not only look good but also improve it environmentally.

I believe there are very few rivers around the world that exist completely within an urban environment and our Cooks is one.

Rather hot today getting to 45 deg C I was informed by my wife who was out in the car.  The weather station at Mascot recorded 40.8, that would have been a bit of a shock for those flying in from the Northern Hemisphere!  We have a 24 deg breeze at the moment which is very nice.