(See also an earlier article by Åsa Wahlquist: Man with a plan).

After the news of Peter Cullen's final illness was made public on Tuesday March 11, Wentworth Group director Peter Cosier, said their phones rang off the hook. The day after Professor Cullen's death was announced, their website temporarily crashed.

Mr Cosier said the callers came from all walks of life: scientists, irrigators, conservationists, politicians, former students and people who have heard about him, read him or seen him on television. "It just tells me how wide a group he has touched," Cosier said. "His contribution to water reform was unparalleled".

Thanks to the drought and too much water being taken upstream, a once great river has been reduced to use as a cricket pitch. 

Much of Australia has been in and out of drought for the past several years, or continuously lacking rain.

Published in The Weekend Australian July 8, 2006

Åsa Wahlquist goes to the heart of the worsening drought that is afflicting all mainland states.

Published in The Australian April 29, 2005

A long dry has sent water authorities back to the drawing board, but the figures they're using to estimate future dam levels may be flawed.

Published in The Australian July 29, 2004

In 40 years Australian farming has been turned on its head. At the heart of the change is a more hard-headed appreciation of the wide brown land. Rural writer Åsa Wahlquist examines the lessons learned.

Published in The Weekend Australian Magazine, May 31- June 1 2003

Not only can environmental scientist Peter Cullen demystify phenomena such as salinity and drought, he has workable solutions - and the ear of the Prime Minister.

Published in The Weekend Australian Magazine March 22-23 2003

Phil Cheney has spent his working life analysing bushfires. Despite the lessons of history, he says Australians still don't understand the nature of fire.

Published in The Weekend Australian, February 24- 25, 2001

A 2,500 km journey down the Murray River reveals a once might water course in need of desperate relief.