Sally McPhee

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The 'upside-down' Yarra River / Birrarung flows through a city of 5 million people. New efforts aim to clean up its reputation along with its water.
Agriculture & environment

Detoxing the river: toward a swimmable Yarra

by —March 1, 2019

Handcuffs not recommended: Harry Houdini dives into the Yarra in 1910.
Agriculture & environment

Watered down: what happened to Australia’s river swimming tradition?

by , —January 23, 2017