Rachael paddles on the temporary shore of the Hume Weir, Albury, Australia. The Weir is a man-made water storage, this year showing signs of Mother Nature's persistence.

The earthen embankment that forms part of the Weir wall retaining structure showed signs of movement last year. This concerned engineers sufficiently that arrangements were made to lower the water level to remove the pressure on the embankment and carry out remedial works. This caused temporary flooding downstream of the Weir, inconvenient to humans but beneficial to the river, flushing the lagoons and setting up for a new cycle of life for the river eucalypts and fishes.

Then with the weir at low levels, came the ElNino dry. There has been no significant rain for months. Young trees whose roots are not yet deep enough to reach the water table or artesian streams are dying. The hills are a mantle of brown, the only signs of life in the older, tougher eucalypts. At the time of this Wrinkle Wave shoot, the weir was at 25% of it's normal capacity, dropping about 18 inches a week, receeding to expose up to 15 feet more of shoreline. The heads and tails of large carp and cod litter the new mud and sand beaches.

Where Rachael paddled at 11am on the 20th of March the water was at a 30 year low, and still receeding. Mother nature isn't finished with us yet.