Australia is dry in central states such as Western Australia and South Austraila ... The Murray-Darling Basin has a large geographical area that incorporates the Murray river, the Darling river, and ...

"It's been dry for a while and it was a reasonable ... many of those who live and work along the Darling River like Barkindji man and river ranger Fred Bennett were playing the waiting game.

Though Australians have routinely weathered dry spells ... "We're not going to save our river system by standing in buckets." Meanwhile, outside of the Murray-Darling Basin, the drought has ...