02-Jul-2020 Theme: 'Boring'

(1) What and where is the Gnangara Mound? (bonus: What is the name of the second, smaller Mound to the south of the Gnangara Mound?)

Answer: A large unconfined aquifer, located north of Perth’s Swan River (bonus: Jandakot Mound).

(2) True or false?: The Great Artesian Basin and the Murray-Darling Basin do not overlap?

Answer: False. The southern Great Artesian Basin underlies much of the northern Murray-Darling Basin.

(3) Where in Australia would you find the Windmill Museum?

Answer: Penong, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia.

(4) In 2014, who controversially suggested that Australian scientists should investigate dowsing or water divining to help farmers locate underground water?

Answer: The CSIRO’s (then) incoming Chief Executive Officer, Larry Marshall.

(5) Complete this line from Banjo Paterson’s Song of the Artesian Water: “If the Lord won't send us water, oh, we'll get it from … …”

Answer: The devil.

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