Visiting Lake Gwelup for the first time mid August was a spare of the moment decision, and I am certainly glad I followed my intuition.
Lake Gwelup is a 56 kilometre drive each way, located closer to the beach, than to the foothills where I live. I am actually really surprised that I have never been here before, especially when I lived down in the suburbs.
There's a 3 kilometre walk that loops the lake, unfortunately though the lake isn't visible all the way around. The viewing platform and boardwalk gives great views of the lake, which I would say is the highlight.
Being late winter meant it was a bit early for most birds to be breeding, having said that though, winter was a warm and dry one this year, and many things in nature are somewhat out of rhythm.
Nevertheless, I still managed to get plenty of photos the lake, but not as many photographs of birds as I would have liked.
There were wattle birds, ravens and rainbow parakeets in the trees. Eurasian coots and a couple varieties of ducks as well as purple swamphens in and around the water.
I am planning on revisitng again in the next few weeks, hopefully there will be a little more activity with ducklings and other baby birds now beginning to arrive...
5 comments:
Lindo lago . Te mando un beso.
Looks like a place with great appeal and ample bird life. I am sure you will return. It’s always interesting to visit such locations in the different seasons to see the changes in the flora and fauna.
You had a perfect sky for this walk around the lake. I love how the clouds are reflected in the water.
It was another beautiful area.
Beautiful photos, dear friend! Thank you so much for sharing your lovely walk!
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