Lake Parramatta

Took a mid-winter walk around Lake Parramatta a few days ago. Early hour meant I had the place almost entirely to myself -- save for little pied cormorants, laughing kookaburras, shrieking cockatoos and other feathered creatures.

Traces of Aboriginal occupation are everywhere in Aussie bushland.
Trees scarred by Aboriginese or early European settlers are also common.
Cormorants enjoying a warm morning breeze.

A lovely lorikeet.
Dam built in 1898 to create the lake, which was originally used as a reservoir.

Easter bushwalk

Aradhna and I trecked through nearby bush this morning ...

Neighborhood kookaburras call these giant gum trees home.

Australia is famous for its eye-catching fauna.

Soggy sneaks + wet jeans = tiny purple flowers

This overgrown paddock will soon be overrun by suburbia.

View of Windsor Road and encroaching development from Vinegar Hill, one of Australia's most important historical sites, contained within a graveyard.

Segment of the Battle of Vinegar Hill memorial.