“What does that mean?”“It’s nearly a kilometer up. After 2030, I don’t think most of the coastal cities will be fun.”“That’s nearly everywhere.”“Canberra and Wagga Wagga and Bathurst. Maybe Mount Gambier. Nothing else with as many as 30000 folks. The Alice is barely 25.”“You really think the coastline’s doomed?’“Yes. If not by 2030, certainly by 2050. I can see the Aborigine bands surviving. But over 85% of Australians live in cities. And Canberra’s the only city that won’t be inundated as the sea level climbs. And the capital’s barely 400,000. Even if the rise is only 35 meters...” Gordy shook his head. “Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth are over half of the country. Adelaide’s the fifth largest.”“How high will it go?”“I’ve no idea. Think of it the other way ‘round. We know that 20,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age, the ocean was about 120 meters lower than it is now. There are Dreamtime stories of bands living where the Great Barrier Reef is; of Fitzroy Island. We played it through another two times and said we needed to take a break. I looked out of one of the windows, the train was slowly traversing the Monaro Plains, and I could see in the far distance the main range of the Great Dividing Range on the far side of the Tuggeranong Valley, marking the southern extent of Canberra.It was quite a scenic trip, not that I had a lot of time to take the view in since we had to get back to playing. Another two sets saw the train pull into the little village of Michelago, we carried our instruments the short distance from the station to the community hall. The local Country Women’s Association had prepared some very sinful looking desserts; cakes, puddings, pies and tarts, and in between songs we stuffed our faces, before we heard the whistle of the train, summoning us back for the return journey to Canberra.On the walk back to the station, one of the passengers asked me if we were part of a larger group.“I saw you – assuming it was you – playing at.
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