BurbleChaz

I have been neglecting you, dear readers. Not since Monday have you been exposed to my pointless blathering drivel. There is no abnormal cause for my inexcusable procrastination - I'm just extraordinarily lazy.

To make amends, I shall show you some pictures. We start with a river that's barely there. On Tuesday (I think) I took the velocipede on a journey up past Moonee Ponds and towards the airport. It's mostly concrete and not very pretty. The cycle path winds under the flyovers and over the canalized rivers, and has intermittent children playing with dogs. High speed is essential, to avoid prolonged accusations from distraught owners of flat chihuahuas.

Moonee Ponds Creek, looking unwell.

We went for a gentle potter along the Maribyrnong today. Once you get past the container port and racecourse, the river starts to look quite pretty. We saw a couple of herons, and The Observant Cyclist spotted some young cormorants. About twenty of them were swimming downstream in a pack, diving every few moments, then resting for a minute before flying to the front of the pack again. I doubt many small fish got past them.

Next, an observational capability test: Which of these is a tram, and which is only pretending? (Clue - trams don't float. For long.)

Tram?

Or Not?

This is just a damn good picture.

A Gondola on the Yarra