I'm back in the US, almost three-fourths of the way through a 41-hour 8th of July. On the 7th I discovered that the fountain in front of the Royal Exhibition Building,
turned off for reasons of drought when I lived in Melbourne, is back in service. Earlier in the day I found some reeds
worthy of Pascal in the pretty reservoir at Macedon. But you mustn't get the idea that the drought - now in its 13th year - shows any sign of abating; the reservoirs that count (this one's no longer used, except for swimming) are at barely 25% of capacity. Water restrictions are in place
also in Southern California - here our town of Del Mar as seen from the plane this morning. Until desalination technology makes big strides, it's water everywhere but narry a drop to drink.
I'm back in the US, almost three-fourths of the way through a 41-hour 8th of July. On the 7th I discovered that the fountain in front of the Royal Exhibition Building, turned off for reasons of drought when I lived in Melbourne, is back in service. Earlier in the day I found some reeds 
worthy of Pascal in the pretty reservoir at Macedon. But you mustn't get the idea that the drought - now in its 13th year - shows any sign of abating; the reservoirs that count (this one's no longer used, except for swimming) are at barely 25% of capacity. Water restrictions are in place 
also in Southern California - here our town of Del Mar as seen from the plane this morning. Until desalination technology makes big strides, it's water everywhere but narry a drop to drink.
