Batemans Bay, Water Garden Town Park

A wetland area is a giant magnet. Here there were Flying foxes, or fruit bats, ducks, coots and other birds. The boardwalk over the lake was named the Buchanan-Rolfe boardwalk.

Ducks were in huge numbers due in part to tourists feeding them. Sadly bread and other refined food makes them unhealthy and tends to have them hanging around for handouts.

One of the men working there told us that there were large eels around a metre in length in the lake. It has been claimed by locals that they will attack and eat the ducks.

The other birds were more cautious and tended to keep their distance. Up in the trees though were thousands of brown faced flying foxes. These creatures sleep during the day and head out at night to find food. As humans strip the land bard of the trees they prefer to dine in and sleep in during the day, they come into suitable areas in towns. Most of the locals prefer they were in someone else's back yards.

This area is considered a water garden and much work is being done to make it a useful and beautiful place.Leggi altro