Image Two
Here's Lake
Wivenhoe with the upper wall of the powerstation visible on the furthest
shore. Not many people realise that water actually flows from another
dam upstream on Splityard Creek, but it has to go through the power
station to get to Lake Wivenhoe where it's stored to supply drinking water
to Brisbane and most of South East Queensland. As you probably
know by now, Crystal Coffin describes a scenario where the armed
forces plan to protect the walls of both dams and the powerstation
from terrorists - but soon after Crystal Coffin was published,
can you believe that some nut actually tried it! Sheeesh! Talk about
scary!
Class Project
Write a short action thriller story about the picture you
see on this page. Maybe the powerstation is really a
secret military base, or a space ship disguised under the big power
turbines, or something else even more interesting? Are your bad guys
in the boat, in the plane or maybe sneaking in under water? What are
they after, and who is going to stop them? Use your imagination to
write the most amazing story you can.
Science Experiment
Not all waters taste the same. Ask everyone in your class to bring 2L of clean drinking water from home, including water from different suburbs as well as tank water, mineral water, spring water, ionised water and soda water. Then ask your teacher to help you do taste testing to see if you can tell the differences and discuss your comparisons. (No cheating. Label your cups a, b, c, d and so on so you can't tell which is which before you try them.)
