{"id":24602,"date":"2017-06-16T06:49:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T22:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=24602"},"modified":"2018-04-03T16:01:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T08:01:16","slug":"western-australia-day-9-dawesville-foreshore-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2017\/06\/16\/western-australia-day-9-dawesville-foreshore-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Australia – Day 9 – Dawesville Foreshore Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second stop we made was in Dawesville, a suburb of Mandurah and located between the Harvey Estuary and the Indian Ocean, according to Google’s write-up of it. We drove along Estuary road until we came to a spot that had a small park at a boat ramp, then got out to stretch our legs. The place was beautifully serene and quiet on the weekday mid-afternoon, and coupled with a sunny blue sky, made for some marvelous opportunities to take pictures of the birds around the shoreline.<\/p>\n

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Looking for food on the ground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Flight and flightless birds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Aaahhh – it’s coming for me!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Several boats anchored off shore.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Set up the E-M1 on 12s self-timer for family wefies!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We stayed in the area for half an hour before soldering on towards Old Coast Road – though we shortly hit heavy traffic along Kwinana Freeway that delayed the reaching our final stop by a bit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The second stop we made was in Dawesville, a suburb of Mandurah and located between the Harvey Estuary and the Indian Ocean, according to Google’s write-up of it. We drove along Estuary road until we came to a spot that<\/p>\n

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