I didn’t know what it meant either.
Out here in Sunraysia, it refers to the 460 kilometers of The Great Darling Anabranch.
Now that we know what it is, it is fun to understand the connections we have made with it. Our second encounter, at its source was in the Kinchega N.P. where it leaves the Darling’s main flow, we saw water being released from the Menindee Lake system (Lake Cawndilla) at a very vigorous rate. This is the release referenced in the news article attached. We made our first connection when we crossed the Anabranch whilst northbound toward Broken Hill a few weeks back. Today while moving to Fort Courage, we crossed it again just before it emptied into the Murray, slightly west of the Darling River junction with the Murray at Wentworth.
It is uplifting to see the life coming to the land with the extra water.
17 Mac 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C