2023
Video transcript
[video: image showing First Nations artwork and Acknowledgement of Country. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their elders past and present.]
[video: drone imagery showing Gayini wetlands, lower Murrumbidgee river, NSW and waterbirds on nests]
Simon Banks: A combination of back-to-back wet years plus careful use of water for the environment has created optimal conditions for waterbird breeding across the Murray-Darling Basin in 2021-22 and continuing into 2023. I’m Simon Banks, Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder, and I hope you enjoy this brief tour of some key wetlands and waterbird breeding locations across the Basin.
[video: ground view showing Gayini wetlands, lower Murrumbidgee river, NSW with waterbirds circling in the sky above and the sounds of waterbirds in background]
[video: drone imagery showing Booligal wetlands, Lachlan river, NSW and waterbirds on nests]
[video: ground view showing Booligal wetlands and waterbird chicks in nests, Lachlan river, NSW with the sounds of waterbirds in background]
[video: ground view showing Booligal wetlands and waterbirds circling in the sky, Lachlan river, NSW. Imagery by Mal Carnegie, Lake Cowal Foundation for NSW Water for the Environment Program]
[video: drone imagery showing monitoring staff walking through water in the Macquarie Marshes, NSW and waterbirds on nests]
[video: drone imagery showing monitoring staff walking through water in the Macquarie Marshes, NSW and waterbirds on nests]
[video: drone imagery showing the Gwydir wetlands, NSW at dusk]
[video: drone imagery showing Dharriwaa (Narran Lakes), NSW and waterbirds on nests]
[video: drone imagery showing Dharriwaa (Narran Lakes), NSW, kayaks on water and waterbirds on nests]
[video: drone imagery showing Dharriwaa (Narran Lakes), NSW and waterbirds on nests]
[video: drone imagery showing Dharriwaa (Narran Lakes), NSW and hundreds of pelicans on nests]
[video: A special thank you to the many landholders, community members, monitoring teams and NSW Water for the Environment Program who work with us and enable water for the environment to be used successfully]
[video: logos for the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder and NSW Government]