“Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.” – Albert Szent-Györgyi, M.D.

I can’t imagine living in an area where water is not abundantly surrounding me – be it in rivers, lakes or the ocean. Having it coming out the tap is pretty changing for humanity too!

Revisiting the walk to Kitekite Falls the other day, we see the water loaded from the mountain streams, amalgamating into rivers and as above, occasionally tumbling off cliff edges.

Flowing from the waterfall, back into a river and finally finding the mouth to the ocean.

We take water for granted – and really notice quick when it does not flow so easily. Only about 2.5% of all the earths water is fresh, and this is reducing with climate change. We can desalinate (as some countries and towns already do), but that takes a lot of energy.

“Water is the engine of all nature.” – Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo and Albert (above) are pretty bang on. It’s a precious thing that humanity is inherently tied to forever. We just need to take care of it.

Footnote – As mentioned in the image. Image 1 is edited and altered. It was a super busy day at the falls with dozens of people there. Just for a little experimentation, I played around with removing some of the audience and swimmers, leaving the one person in solitude to take in the beauty of Kitekite Falls.

Final note – Haha! its 2026… not 2025 as edited on the photos. Silly me!