Canberra — A Walk Around Point Hut Pond in Summer

Continuing with my theme of showing you things about Canberra which have nothing to do with politics or city life, even in the midst of the city, here are some photos I took this week, when walking around a reservoir near where I live, called Point Hut Pond.

This is effectively a lake, surrounded on three sides by houses, with a strip of parkland on the lake edge. So everything you see here is only a few metres from suburban housing.

It’s summer in Canberra right now, so there are flowers everywhere — and I love taking close up shots of the beautiful detail.

All images in this article are copyright Kim Lambert.

Reflections on the lake.

Black swan and her cygnet, who is a few months old and about to shed the grey baby feathers.

Bottlebrush flowers — an Australian native

roses of all types are common in Canberra

Other flowers are everywhere, both native and imported.

A local stormwater drain.

Even the local stormwater drains are pretty — it’s been a very wet summer so far and there is a lot of runoff. This three tiered waterfall is part of teh drain system that feeds into the lake. And yes, right now, the trees and grass really are that green, and the sky that blue — this has not been enhanced at all.

So — thats what my afternoon walk looks like.

More snippets like this to follow soon.

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