Lake Leschenaultia

The bushwalk was supposed to start (unusually) at 8.30 am to avoid walking in the heat of November. Not everybody had read the instructions! This is a walk we do every year; people are set in their ways. In any case, we have had a spell of cold wet weather, so it doesn’t feel like November. The bush looked green and fresh after all the rain.

At 8.30 am only 4 were assembled, so we proceeded on a stopgap measure of walking round the lake (about 3 kms) so as to be back at the start for others who might turn up at 10.00 am. There was an added complication of a triathlon in progress, so cars were parked everywhere. In addition, there appeared to be a men’s camping trip - they had been under canvas since Friday night when there was a non stop downpour! Lake Leschenaultia was never so popular.

There were still some wildflowers to see, even this late in the season. I haven’t been able to to identify all of them:

Xanthosia

... or Southern Cross

When the others arrived, they set off on their usual walk. I decided to just sit in the sun for a while and eat a sandwich. The cold wind off the water eventually moved me on, so I circumnavigated the lake one more time at a slower pace. We all had lunch together, then N distributed some bread which she picks up from Lawley’s Bread Shop on Saturday afternoon to distribute to the “poor”, otherwise it would just be thrown out.