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Focussing mainly on Western Australia and Australia, I am seeking to preserve images and memories of the beautiful world in which we live and the people in it.

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Showing posts with label Collie River. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Collie River. Show all posts

Monday, 27 May 2024

Riverside walk - Collie River, Western Australia

Hi everyone, I hope you and yours are doing well. We have finally had some rain, but still so dry, trees are dying, and we are hoping this rain will break this drought we are experiencing in the south west of Western Australia. Winter starts in 1 week and we are still having 26-29 degrees Celsius! Unheard of in May. 

Early in April I blogged about some walks near where we live. Here is another which takes us along the northern side of the Collie River which flows into the Leschenault Estuary and then into Koombana Bay and the Indian Ocean near Bunbury. 


The pathways along the river lay between the houses and the river. People fish, crab and boat in the river. And you will often meet people walking along the path. 



There are shaded paths through paperbarks, sheoaks and eucalypts, along boardwalks over swampy ground, open parkland and the path also skirts a golf course. We often see kangaroos on the golf course - but not when we walked there the other day. 


You will see birds - my apologies about the quality of these images as I don't have a birding lens - clockwise from top left are - mountain duck (I didn't know they nested in trees!), darter, pelican, and grey fantail. 


There are wildflowers at various times of the year. This is one of the wattles. 


My favourite part is through the paperbarks especially with the light filtering through the trees.  



And then onto where the Collie River meets the Leschenault Inlet - where the pelicans meet.  But that is another walk. 
For more walks in my area you can check out some of my previous blogs @ some walks near where we live.


Thank you so much for stopping by. I value your comments and look forward to hearing from you. I will try to visit your blogs in return. Have a wonderful week. 

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Sunday, 18 April 2021

Where the pelicans meet

 Hi everyone I hope that you and yours are safe and doing well. 

Life has been busy here with one thing and another, but all good. The boys are watching an Aussie Rules game on TV. Not my thing. Sounds like the team my son tipped to win might not be doing well......

We are so fortunate to have a number of waterways close to where we live... the Collie River, the Leschenault Estuary and just beyond the Indian Ocean.  You might remember a recent post about a Magical dolphin experience.

I have taken so many photos before of this location you see below where the Collie River intersects with the Leschenault Estuary. But I just love it. 


On the right is the land, on the left a little island between the river and the estuary. This photo was taken from the river side. 

On this little spit of sandbar seabirds gather. Particularly pelicans. And I always feel like they are having their morning meeting. 




Pelicans can be greedy when someone is cleaning fish. This pic I took in Denmark on our south coast. I don't think the seagull in the front of the pic had much hope


Have you seen the movie "Storm Boy"? Adapted from the book written in 1964 by Colin Thiele, the story is set in the Coorong National Park on South Australia's south coast. The book is about the relationships between a boy and his father Hide-Away Tom (Jai Courtney) - they live in an isolated hut, Mr Percival the pelican, and an outcast Australian Aboriginal man, Fingerbone (Trevor Jamieson) who befriends them.

We recently watched again the latest movie adaptation staring Geoffrey Rush as the adult "Storm Boy" Mike Kingley, and Finn Little as the child "Storm Boy".  The first adaption was filmed in 1976. Both are equally worth watching. Below is the preview of the 2019 released adaptation. I think I have watched this movie three times, and always enjoy it. 

I have just realised that I blogged about Storm Boy before back in 2019. Please click on the link if you want to go back and have a look. 

Here's a couple of my photos when we visited the Coorong in 2013. Beyond the sand-dunes is the Southern Ocean. I need to go back into my backup drive to find a better photo for you. 

I hope you and your family are well. We continue to have low cases here in Australia, mostly returning travellers coming from overseas and in hotel quarantine or people from cargo ships coming into our ports. 

Thank you so much for stopping by. I value your comments and look forward to hearing from you. I will try to visit your blogs in return. Have a wonderful week. 
I am linking up to the link-ups below. Please click on the links to see fabulous contributions from around the world - virtual touring at its best!
   
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Sunday, 15 September 2019

September wildflowers in Western Australia

I love September because it is the time for wildflowers in my corner of the world - the south west of Western Australia. I always say there is always something flowering in the Australia bush, which is true, but in spring in September the bush really comes alive with colour and an array of unique wildflowers found nowhere else in the world. 

I know I promised last week to bring you more of my recent travels - half lap of Australia, but because we have been on three wildflower short walks this past week in my area, I just had to share. 

Opposite is Western Australia's floral emblem -  the green and red Mangles Kangaroo Paw - Anigozanthos manglesii