A160;year in160;Melbourne"s city life told in diary form, this contemporary and personal portrait depicts major events from the Australian160;heat wave, which culminated in more than 400 bushfires,160;to the destructive deluge of a hailstorm.160;While walking through Melbourne8217;s oldest suburb to its largest market, experiencing an Australian Rules160;Football game,160;and attending the comedy festival, writer Sophie Cunningham journeys deep into her own recollections of the city she grew up in, and tells stories from its history. She strolls by Melbourne8217;s rivers and creeks and considers the history of the wetlands and river that sit at Melbourne8217;s heart, for it is water151;the corralling of it, the excess of it, the squandering of it, the lack of it151;that defines Melbourne8217;s history, its present, and its future.