Saturday, March 19, 2022

Paddle Boat

 This evening we had a fantastic outing on Lake Wendouree. A group we belong to hired this boat:


In case you aren't good at reading mirror-writing, the flag says "Golden City Paddle Steamer Museum Society". Details of the boat are on their website here.

During the cruise we saw the usual suspects:

Black swans.

Australian white ibis.

The boat took us quite close to things that are hard to see from the shore, such as these cormorants:

And these rowers:


Lots of happy travellers:

My highlight was seeing this pelican on an island right out in the middle of the lake:

You would never see it from the shore, as it would be completely hidden from view by the reeds and rushes.

What a great outing!







3 comments:

Jeanette said...

An excellent outing indeed. Great pictures of the water birds. Cormorants always look so purposeful.

Julierose said...

Wonderful wildlife pictures you've captured!! What a fabulous outing...hugs, Julierose

Pamela said...

I’d like to take that trip! Nice to see different birds up close. Do you feel like life is getting back to normal?