Australia's sickest urban river
by Recreational Fishing Alliance of NSW 13 Oct 2022 22:08 UTC
Kayaking the sickest urban river in Australia © Beau Miles
The Cooks River: Australia's sickest urban river is located in the glamorous city of Sydney. This makes sense, given it's also Australia's largest, hard-surfaced, drainified, leaky-sewered, city.
In his kayak Beau Miles decided to trace all 23 km of the Cooks River. This is a journey of ill-health, sadness and hope; putting a test to the local saying, 'if you fall in, you'll dissolve'.