Sunset and Drooping Sheoak on our first evening by the lagoon – fantastic night sky – Cosmic clouds within a star studded Milky Way – no light pollution here!
Gunawar track via boardwalk to Hacks Island. Waiting for the autumn rains; both Bool and Hacks lagoons where much reduced in size, normal for this time of year.
Bracelet Honey-Myrtle (Melaleuca armillaris) ? We were camped beneath these bushy trees, so protected from the winds.
Another in the Myrtle group – White Bottlebrush (Callistemon salignus)
The magpie goose formed an important diet for the Boandik (Bunganditj) people of this area, but became locally extinct soon after the European settlement here! These lagoons later played an important role in the re-establishment of magpie geese in southeastern Australia. The eggs were brought down from the Northern Territory and hatched local incubators here.
We saw (at a distance!) Brolgas, hundreds of Magpie Geese and Ibis wading midst the reeds, also Swamp Swamp Hens, Avocet. Black Ducks and Black Swans in the reed free areas well beyond our reach. Oh for a pair of binoculars!
Strange rounded rectangular loo with flush toilet! The notice says ‘Please close the door to keep the swallows out’
A small section of Bool Lagoon - Magpie Geese, Ibis, Black Swans and many small wading birds.
Pretty mauve ground cover plant in the dry foreshores
Illusive butterflies!
Artist S J Hignett ‘Stringy Bark Artworks’ - painted walls in a bird hide here.
Ridge - Fruited Mallee (Eucalyptus incrassata) ?
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