EVERY DROP COUNTS: A DECADE HAS PASSED

摘要

FROM UP HERE, on the granite blocks of Rams Head North's peak, in the thinning summer air 2160 m above sea level, the nascent Snowy River looks like the frayed cracker of a well-used stockwhip. A spongy mass of sphagnum laced with streamlets, snowgrass and boulders, the famous river's birthplace decorates an alpine saddle a few kilometres south of Mt Kosciuszko.