The lake closed again sometime on the night/early morning of the 19th-20th of April and it has been slowly filling since then. After spotting a couple of kayaks in Little Cuttagee during the weekend we knew there was enough water to navigate the strait. So yesterday R joined us for a leisurely cruise and picnic lunch to see what we could see.
Setting off at 10.50 we first checked out the top of Little Cuttagee then headed up to the bridge, where the retired engineer checked out the sorry state of the concrete piers. None of the cars which passed over while we were there were sticking to the 10kph speed limit - perhaps a speed camera would help - and raise a heap of money for the bridge restoration! Crystal clear, shallow water resulted in lots of time spent just gliding and peering over the side.
Paddling up the lake groups of grebe skittered off across the water ahead of us. At 12.05pm we stopped in the Clearwater backwater for lunch. Sitting in the sun, watching an Azure Kingfisher hunting along the shoreline nearby and being entertained by a large mob of Superb Fairy Wrens foraging and twittering in the samphire beside us. Before we knew it an hour and 20mins had gone by and it was time to pack up and head home.
Passing a group of Chesnut Teal.
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R took over Go Pro duties - unfortunately I set the the angle too low (which we didn't realise until reviewing the footage; then we had some technical issues and several times it refused - understandably - to respond when R called it Hey Google. 😄😄 - we had lots of laughs on the way back.
Other than a couple of schools of 1cm fry we didn't see any sign of fish - but we didn't see any jellyfish either!
Trip notes (see previous entries)
8kms
3hrs 45mins
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