Aia ma ke kahakai ʻo Batavia, Western Australia, ʻo Bowes River kahi hōʻiliʻili leʻaleʻa o nā ʻāʻī a me nā kahakai kahakai. He ma'alahi ka he'enalu 'ana o ka nalu a hiki i ka 100 mika, e lawelawe ana i na pauku barrel kahi e hiki ai 'oe ke huki i loko a ho'opa'a i kekahi manawa paipu i ka wa e pa ana. Hāʻawi ka waha o ka muliwai a me nā aʻa e pili ana i kahi koho maikaʻi loa i ka poʻe ʻike ʻole i nā papa koʻikoʻi kaumaha a hoʻoweliweli i maʻa mau loa ma kēia ʻāpana o ke kahakai. Aia kekahi kahua hoʻomoana ma kahi kokoke i ka hoʻomaha e hele pinepine ai ka poʻe heʻe nalu.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no ka muliwai ʻo Bowes?
Loaʻa maikaʻi ma waena o ka pūhaka-kiʻekiʻe a hiki i kolu luna. Manaʻo mākou e holo i kāu papa lōʻihi a i ʻole ka papa pōkole maʻamau inā ʻoi aku ka nui ma aneʻi. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka muliwai ʻo Bowes i ka poʻe heʻenalu waena a kiʻekiʻe. ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mea hoʻohana ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā hoʻomaha ma ia wahi. ʻO ka heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi he kūlike loa (5/10) akā hiki i ka lehulehu ke lilo i kumu nui (9/10). Mai ka Hikina Hikina mai ka makani maikaʻi loa no ka muliwai ʻo Bowes. ʻO ka ʻōhua maikaʻi loa mai ka Hema, Hema komohana a me ke Komohana. Ma muli o nā kapa one e hana ia ma nā kai a pau.
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