Yesterday afternoon I checked the weather forecast as it was time to wash the sheets. Upon doing so I discovered that today was the last day for the rest of the week suitable for drying the sheets and it was also most suitable for a paddle.
Choosing somewhere to paddle was easy; Baragoot Lake, brimming and the only ICOL in the area that hadn't opened during the last couple of rain events has been looking most inviting.
So it was up early and turfing L out of bed to get the first load of sheets in the washing machine. As we were hanging out the second load S&V drove by on their way to meet us at Baragoot.
When we joined them they had decided to put in on the south side of the lake and we chose to carry our kayaks down the track on the northern side.
Meeting up again on the water we saw, I think, a Maned Duck following S&V across the water. They said it had followed them from when they had launched. It only broke off as L & I joined them. Very strange.
We paddled down the northern side of the lake and across the top of the lake and headed up the creek where, at one point, an Azure Kingfisher nearly flew into my face.
After poking up the creek as far as we could go we stopped for an early lunch and much discussion of the atrocities being committed in Gaza, the Zionist long term plan and our gov'ts appalling lily-livered response and the extremely biased Special Envoy's Plan to Combat Antisemitism. Where is the Special Envoy's Plan to Combat AntiPalestineism? Remember the Cronulla Riots. Isn't, after I don't know how many years and how many reports, tackling Aboriginal deaths in custody, or violence against women far more important. We had to leave vivisection of the spectacularly stupid AUKUS deal for our next paddle.
We then headed back down the creek exploring a couple of side lagoons as we went. After emerging onto the lake we paddled up the southern shoreline disturbing flocks of Eurasion Coots, Grebes and Cormorants. Halfway up the lake a Whistling Kite flew out of the trees just ahead and as it climbed into the sky it was joined by another and they engaged some lazy aerial combat - enchanting only remembering to turn on the GoPro as they ended their display ):.
Together with the aforementioned birds we saw Pelicans, Swans, small flocks of Black Duck, White Faced Herons, Little Pied and Black Cormorants, a few more Kingfishers, Wattlebirds and New Holland Honeyeaters.
Back at S&V's launch spot we parted ways and L&I continued on past the bridge - no way of getting under it now - back to our launch site to end a most pleasurable little paddle.
6kms
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