By chance his brother, a teacher in Alaska, put him in touch with a small law firm that wanted help representing fishers in Cook Inlet, a body of water physically separated from the spill by the Kenai Peninsula.

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Perhaps the most typical Sydney experience, though, is seafood with a view--Pier Restaurant and its recent front-room addition, Pier Tasting Room, with a sampling menu and ample list of wines by the glass, have sensational fish and a sparkling water view overlooking the scenic inlet of Rose Bay.

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At the northern end of Whitehaven Beach, Hill Inlet is a spectacular, swirling melange of clear water and dazzling white sand.

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Get off the map and into the Sunset Water Villa which is stilted over a quiet lagoon inlet on the Indian Ocean.

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The conversation turns to oyster farming and I talk about spending my early summers in Virginia with my aunt, uncle, and cousin without electricity by the Chesapeake Bay, with hand-drawn water from a well and harvesting oysters from a small inlet.

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Tidal inlet: a river mouth or narrow gap between islands, within which salt water moves landwards during a rising tide.

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