Sunday 24 July 2022 Cuttagee

 We headed out for a quick paddle however it turned into a pearler of a day and we lingered much longer than originally planned soaking up the sunshine, chatting, enjoying the birdlife and lots more chatting.

As we hit the water at 10.40am we espied A taking off down the lake, a quick shout out and he turned around and joined us.

No video today, the editor has gone on strike!

Halfway down the main lake A left us - his primary goal was excercise and we were going far too slow.

At the mouth of the creek there was a brief discussion on where to go - as is nearly always the case a venture up the creek won out. The water level has risen a couple of inches and with careful navigation we made it a little further to one of regular break sites.

After spending a delightful hour or so loitering on the pebbly beach we returned to the water, on the look out for fish and other wildlife and we poddled back the way we had come.

Diverging into the back water, 

which was looking its best, and

waking up this large male kanga as I paddled past.

Upon our return to the lake, we could see a couple of kayak fisherman across the lake and with their progress one way and ours the other flocks of swans were flying, landing and launching every which way.

The paddle ended at 2.30, we'd spent 2 hours longer out on the water than planned such were the delights of the day.

Trip notes:  see previous entries.