Paddling along here I had an overwhelming awareness of the miracle that somewhow this beautiful area had been saved from 'development'. Sure, it is pretty degraded with lots of rubbish and weeds - both in the water, and on the banks (including Blackberries, Water Lilies, Watsonia, Willows, and other introduced species). We also saw escapees from people's acquariums (enormous sized goldfish). Despite the degradation, the State Government is trying to improve things - weed control was evident, as was an aeration project. Most delightful was the amount of bird-life along the river.
I tried capturing photos of these Swans, but found it hard to take photos while being blown about by the wind! | Click here to view live map. Click here to download the GPX data for this map. Note, this data is an XML file - change the name to .GPX to upload to your GPS. |
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