Sweet Bonanza · An Australian English escape
Find a sweeter way through.
Turn a bend. Join a channel. Carry a caramel current across a colourful Sweet Bonanza city, from the mint spring to the harbour.

A city connected by small turns
Sixteen channel tiles stand between an inlet and an outlet. Rotate each one a quarter-turn to join its openings with its neighbours. The coloured flow shows how far the source can currently reach.

At the citrus waterwheel
A channel can point towards another tile without connecting to it. Both edges need an opening. Follow the highlighted route from its source, checking each meeting place rather than only the shape of the next bend.
Two openings make one connection.

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Caramel Canals
Trace a route through the city.
Meet the source
The inlet enters tile 1 from the left. Rotate that tile until one of its openings faces the inlet.
Match two neighbouring edges
Each connection needs an opening on both sides of the boundary. A closed neighbour stops the highlighted flow.
Turn one quarter at a time
Activating a tile rotates its channel clockwise by ninety degrees. Read the new opening labels after every turn.
Release the current
Connect through tile 16 and out of its right side. New waterway scrambles the rotations of a board with a valid route.

Across the ribbon aqueduct
The destination sits at the right edge of the lower-right tile. Reaching that square is only part of the task; its channel must also open outwards to release the current into the harbour.
The junction keeper's habit
Start at the left edge of the upper-left tile. When a connection works, trace forwards until the coloured flow stops. There is no requirement to use every tile: a clean route can leave side streets quiet.

A few useful answers
Caramel Canals, explained.
Must all sixteen tiles carry caramel?
No. A continuous source-to-outlet route is enough; unused channels may remain disconnected.
Why did a touching tile stay dry?
Its facing edge may be closed. Channels must have matching openings across their shared boundary.
Is a new waterway possible to solve?
Yes. The channel set includes a complete route before its rotations are scrambled.

The mint spring keeps its own time
Waterways need patience, not speed. Turn a few channels, inspect the route and take a break whenever you like. This is an imaginary city with no timer, wager or prize attached to its flow.