A hazy lazy Sunday

We went for a leisurely peddle along the foreshore of Lake Burleigh Griffin this morning.

 

 

With a pit stop at The Fort in Commonwealth Park...

 

Then back on the bikes along the bridge, past lily pads and iris.

 

 

And the odd Black Swan...or three.

 

 

Time enough on the way back for a peek at the beautiful Blundells Cottage, tucked away amongst the foliage just a stone's throw from the lake's edge.

 

 

Harry scored a bonus stickybeak at a fire engine, (while Mummy scored a bonus stickybeak at the calendar worthy firefighters) which/who happened to pull up beside us in the car park just as we were loading the bikes.

 

 

Such a lovely end to our outing, but these last few photos are also very timely. It's been an early and ominous start to the bushfire season this year. For the past couple of days Canberra and Queanbeyan have been shrouded in smoke haze that has drifted hundreds of kilometers south from the raging bushfires west of Sydney around the Lower Blue Mountains. My heart goes out to the hundreds who have lost their homes already and my thoughts are with friends still in areas very much under threat. Its been ten years since Canberra was savaged by a massive firestorm.

 

It happened three years before we moved here but I remember how the western slopes looked when we arrived and there are still a few tell tale signs today, though most of the affected areas have well & truly regenerated.

 

Listening to the Firefighters chatting this morning was sobering. I think we're all hoping to be spared the horror of what many others are currently enduring but wary that it may well happen in this area again.

Stay safe this season peeps, have a Bushfire Survival Plan in place and if you can, please give what you can to your local Rural Fire Service.

 

xx Em

 

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