Spring is definitely here. The weather is warm but with the gentle breeze blowing not too hot. You see little shoots pushing their way out of the barren soil everywhere. It gives such hope that you feel renewed no matter how tough the past year has been. It also feels a little different that though we are coming to the last lap of 2009 yet you still get the 'it's the start of a new year' feeling.
The place is definitely worth a visit to look at the wild flowers growing every where. I definitely have to invest in a macro lens soon as the variety of flowers are really amazing and it's a pity I can't take better photos of the small flowers.
We were lucky as the moment we arrived, we saw 2 birds figthing for territory. It's so amazing what a smaller bird (the white and black one) will do to protect its 'home' from a larger (and maybe more ferocious) bird. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a very good shot as I was just using a 28 - 105 for my lens and this was the best I could get. Plus the whole episode was not more than a minute (I think. It happens real fast and it's over real fast too!).
Lesmurdie Falls is a national park and it's a easy enough walk but if you have children with you, I won't advise going all the way down from the top of the falls. From the car park, it's a easy walk to the falls and you just have to follow the path. When you reach a bridge, if you cross it, it will lead you to the top of a hill whereby you'll get a very good view of Perth itself.
If you turn left instead of going across the bridge, you'll come to the fall and luckily for us, spring rain has ensured that we actually got a good look at the waterfall. I was told that in summer, the water fall is not as great because of the lack of water.
We wanted to try going all the way down to the bottom but a look at the track stopped us dead. The climb down is steep! Not least to say narrow. Next time we shall try entering from the other way.
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