Melbourne has treated the Yarra River terribly - but it doesn't have to stay that way

The city's largest waterway has been abused for so long we've forgotten what it could be like if it ran clear againIn 2017, on a hot March day, I went looking for azure kingfishers. Tiny, elusive and even bluer than their name suggests, they'd been seen several times on the Yarra River in the outer north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne.I rode to the river from Lilydale station along the busy roads that pulled like taut wire between the paddocks and empty lots out there, nearly crashing at the bottom of a fast, steep hill while cars and trucks whooshed past me. Continue reading...