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Sherwood Diary: Picnic at Jeff Joseph Reserve, Applecross

Sunday 10th March, 2024

The local lakes are rather dry at the moment and the swans have settled on the Swan River as the best place to be. I’ve never seen this many swans in one location before, this photo only shows a few of them.

This place is attractive because of the views of the river, including over towards the city, a good walking path, a fishing jetty and the birdlife.

Swans
waders and gulls
Pied Cormorants
Pied oystercatcher
Humans flying
A lone duck
duck and banded stilt
long knecked egret
Lorikeets
View to the jetty
A lone pelican
Pelican not as graceful as a dolphin when diving for food
Did it catch anything?

We walked along the boardwalk around the cliff where we saw more waders, a duck and the para surfing. Then back the other way past a tennis club. We don’t remember the tennis club, but perhaps we haven’t walked this way before. We usually focus on the boardwalk and the bay beyond. This evening the sun was still high and the wind there was very strong. It was a bit uncomfortable. We were glad to get back to the side where we were parked.

We had a meal already cooked and went back to the Sherwood to heat it up after sunset. We enjoyed a relaxing meal before going home at about 9.00 p.m.