Arthur Upfield called one of his 'Boney' series of detective novels
'Death of a Lake'. It contains graphic descriptions of the drying out of
an inland lake. In a very distant echo, Wollumboula Lake is now drying
up and hosts thousands upon thousands of birds feeding on dead and dying
fish and (in the case of Black Swans) the plant food that is now within
reach. If you are near Nowra a 20km side trip to the Lake is highly
recommended, while the phenomenum lasts.
Apart from the massed birds, the two hIghlights for the week were the
evidence of the success of the Little Tern breeding colony
fence-and-guard arrangements (40 young took to the wing), and a lone
vagrant Beach Stone-Curlew between Penguin Head and the Crookewell Haven
jetties.
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