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Lake Tyrrell: Counting the missing

Life in oceans, rivers and seas

"What is on the land is in the sky. Counting the missing and the dead, reflections lost, counting the missing in the stars, counting the missing footprints in the sand". Andrea Hylands

Peter and Andrea Hylands

March 24, 2025

We visit Lake Tyrrell in Northern Victoria. As the sun sets over Lake Tyrrell we reflect on what has been lost and what will be lost. When the sun rises again, we can begin to answer some of our own questions.

Land song

Red light

Early night

Land sings

Empty rings

Recent past

Didn’t last

Stone tape

Land rape

Knowledge lost

Great cost

Wrong turn

No learn

Burn soon

Dark moon

Heat wave

No save

Bettong missing

None listening

What's wrong

Not long

Early light

Long night

Water gone

Last song

Land sings

Empty rings

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