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Recent Examples of billabongFinally, new in 2025, Davidsons Arnhemland Safari Lodge will join forces with Kakadu Air for an all-inclusive fishing day safari, during which guests have the chance to fish in untouched billabongs and visit the world-famous Arnhem Land rock art galleries.—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2024 Sonia Namarnyilk layered three stencils to print complex patterns of mermaid-like water spirits, their fluid, bright orange undulations interspersed with playful turtles and rippling billabong plants.—Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 Fifteen million years ago, a river carved through the jungle, leaving an oxbow lake (known as a billabong in Australia) in its wake at McGraths Flat.—New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022 As iron-rich runoff from nearby basalt mountains seeped into the billabong, the pool’s low pH caused the iron to precipitate and encase the organic material.—New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022 The plants and creatures were fossilized when iron-rich groundwater drained into a billabong, or water hole.—Katie Hunt, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022 Cruises operate daily and are a fantastic way to discover the billabong's remarkable flora and fauna.—Smithsonian, 7 Apr. 2017 Located in the heart of the national park, the billabong flows through the region's majestic wetlands, reflecting picture-perfect sunsets in the calm waters.—Smithsonian, 7 Apr. 2017 Then enjoy a sunset or sunrise cruise on the Yellow Water billabong, where crocodiles and birds can be seen amongst lush mangroves, or take a scenic flight over Kakadu's breathtaking wetlands.—Smithsonian, 7 Apr. 2017
The collapse could have been triggered by failure of a slab-column connection in the pool deck, where the structural design did not meet building code standards.
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Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
Higher mortgage rates, which shot over 7% in April and have settled back just under that mark since then, are keeping potential monthly payments near generational highs and pricing out significant pools of buyers, especially first-timers.
Some German towns and regions imposed limits on how much water can be taken from rivers and lakes.
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Suzan Fraser,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
After the death of a Dalai Lama, senior monks traditionally undertake an elaborate search for his reincarnation, guided by dreams, visions, signs from sacred lakes, and rituals.
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