Took a walk with the dogs this afternoon along part of the Yarrowee River Trail in Ballarat.
This sign near the beginning of our walk was a bit worrying:
It was probably ideal snake weather, warm and sunny. I made sure to make plenty of noise while walking along, to give any snakes plenty of time to get out of the way!
At the other end of the section of the trail we walked, we came across this sign:
That was another worry! What sort of contamination? I wondered if it was related to gold mining activities in the 1800s, but Google lead me to something more recent. Concerns over health impacts from contaminated gun club. So those signs went up 5 years ago, but there doesn't appear to have been any activity beyond erecting fencing and signs.
In between the two signs, we enjoyed patches of the river,
Saw a few wild birds:
And lots and lots of weed species. Like this:
It was interesting to walk somewhere different, even though it is quite a degraded landscape. It was nice that there were no bothersome blood-sucking march flies there. And extra nice that we didn't come across any venomous snakes!
5 comments:
You are brave and intrepid walkers--If I had seen that sign it would be "turn back time" for me!! :000
Good that you escaped any encounters...hugs, Julierose
Good thing you keep the dogs on the leash with all the potential hazards out there. The river looks like it has quite a bit of water.
Reminds me of the time we went on a walk though the Japanese gardens in Florida. We unknowingly walked the path backwards and saw a sign warning of alligators on the path as we left the gardens. Oops!
I'm very afraid of snakes. The place seems to be very beautiful despite the warnings. It was worth the ride.
Looks like an interesting walk, but maybe I would only go there once.
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