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Showing posts with label river. Show all posts
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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.


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