In July 2006 two paddlers set off at daybreak to paddle the upper section of the Meander River knowing that it may be their last chance to see this free-flowing river before a dam is constructed. However it was already too late - dam construction had commenced and as the paddlers emerge from the dim light of dawn they find the river turns into a construction site where workers - already busy early on a saturday morning - evict us from the river due to safety concerns.