Woodlake Park...

Woodlake Park in Ellenbrook has become a favourite place to reconnect with nature when down in the suburbs. I find being down in the flats of suburbia very draining and disconnecting, the energy disjointed and chaotic. Hence I always need to settle myself amongst trees and the soothing vibration of water on my jaunts away from home.

The longer I dwell away from the chaos of the suburbs and city life, the more going down there affects me. Once again I found the park void of people, although if I am completely honest, I prefer it that way, and I can totally submerge myself into the healing frequencies of Gaia.

There were plenty of birds going about their day in the leisurely way birds do. A Eurasian coot was titivaing her nest, which interestingly was surrounded by water lilies. This is a new addition to this part of the lake since my last meander here. A good one too, as they enhance the water quality and prevent algae from infecting the water. Water lilies also cool the water, provided shade for fish as well as creating habitat for frogs.

There was another family of Eurasia Coots with three tiny chicks. The parents were extremely attentive and protective. 

There is a small tree growing out of a rock, which makes little progress year after year, yet it always fascinates me that it's growing out of a rock at all. Gaia certainly is extraordinary.

A small family of red tail cockatoos were high up in the canopy overhead. These birds sadly are threatened due to deforestation, the loss of habitat has put these magnificent birds on the brink of extinction in the southwest of Australia. 

These birds hold a special significance to me personally, and I will always stop to observe them. And actually most times I am observed as well, as one of my photographs clearly shows. 

The observer becoming the observed. 

I had heard that there was a pair of black swans on the lake, I didn't see them out on the larger lake, but found them on the top lake as I headed back to my car. Black swans are beautiful elegant birds, smaller than white swans, yet equally stunning. Black swans are also significant in aboriginal lore, representing spiritual significance and embodying transformation and resilience in various stories. Like with encountering red tail cockatoos on my rambles in nature, seeing black swans is always a special moment...