Removing the Curves

The cruise up the River Yarra this afternoon was relaxing and informative. Apparently there used to be flooding in the past and one of the solutions to the problem was to straighten out some of the meanders in the lower reaches. This left some of the old meanders as pools (rather like oxbow lakes for any of you geographers!) and some of these have been turned into ornamental lakes in the Botanic Gardens.
There are two tunnels under the Yarra and one of them was built before the river was redirected to its present location. The Morrell Bridge, seen here, was similarly built before the river’s course was changed, so for a whole year motorists drove over it before there was any water under it!

Our Cap’n told us about these litter traps. Apparently forty thousand tons of rubbish are collected annually in traps like this at the Yarra riverside from litter washed down from the surrounding area.

Jean

Biking again

Hired a bike in St Kilda for the morning and rode up and down the coastline for a couple of hours, past South Kilda Marina one way and up the other way to Port Philip where the boat leaves twice a day for Tasmania.

Beautiful day with plenty of people on the beach and great biking along specially dedicated paths given over to cyclists and skateboarders. Parallel separate walkways for pedestrians.

Looked in on Marie's old flat in Carlisle St and the place I had nearby and then called in briefly at the St Kilda Botanic Gardens (small but okay). A few hours later Marie, in Sydney ahead of a wedding, made contact by mobile phone and it's possible we might meet up for a short time on Tuesday afternoon, in Sydney. Dave