Aug 21, 2025 River, Walk
Our hike today started with a long walk up to Monument Hill above town. The palm lined walkway gives a very tropical vibe!
At the top is the “Lest We Forget” war memorial, memorializing service-people in all wars and skirmishes Australia has been involved in since the Boer War from 1899. Obviously humans do forget, all too readily!
Descending from the heights of Monument Hill we passed the Botanic Garden and started along the riverwalk, past the Flying Fox colony to the Sculpture walk.
We heard, then spotted, a kookaburra! I got a quick photo as it flew to the left past us (in the right of the frame).
A better image of kookaburras along the Sculpture Walk!
Native turtles in the Murray river.
All around us were fragrant flowering native fern-leaf wattle trees. The scent in some places was incredibly overpowering!