What's up doc? A daily photograph of Bugs Bunny!
The eastern end of the south drain. Above is where it ends above ground looking east into the embankment below Read Street, opposite Rockingham City Shopping Centre.
Below looking west with a collection of utility services crossing over.
Bottom is the embankment with the Rockingham City Shopping Centre showing over Read Street.
The next few weeks will cover a few more sections of the south drain, then the far south drain.
This Hypoestes phyllostachya has replaced a Syngonium that was in this planter since 11Dec25 (it hasn’t appeared in the blog) that didn’t make it.
The far south drain looking west from Belgravia Terrace. Apache Reserve [28Feb26] is on the right.
The beach looking south from near the Donald Drive Boat Ramp on the Safety Bay foreshore.
Below is looking west into the sun.
Stan Twight Reserve, from the eastern end looking west, then looking south west below. Along the right is the Lake Richmond south drain.
Stan Twight Reserve, a large sporting park with AFL ovals and cricket pitches with a clubhouse. It has floodlights for night training.
This from the western end looking south east, then looking east below. Along the left is the Lake Richmond south drain.
A minty update on the autumnal equinox, winter and shorter days are coming.
There are now nine small pots of mint plants ready to plant out in the next month after the season changes, all cuttings from the ‘mother’ mint plant.
The ‘mother’ mint plant is still going fine too.
A couple of captured canine adventurers!
These guys were on the lam seen crossing Safety Bay Road by Lake Street, and were ‘detained’ before cross Lake Street. A passing motorist stopped to assist, and was able to lend us tie down straps which we used as leads.
Unfortunately although these guys had their harnsses on, they didn’t have name / contact tags [the visible green tag is the harness product tag]. A couple of very friendly and very well behaved dogs it has to be said, rolled over for tummy rubs etc while the leads were attached and tags were checked for, and sat when requested. They were damp, so it’s suspected they had been for a swim in the drain leading from Lake Richmond to the coast.
Not having tags, there was little choice but to take them home and call the City of Rockingham Ranger / Animal Control. They walked the about 1km home very well on the leads without pulling. Once home they were provided a welcome drink, and then they happily laid down and napped for the 2 hours before the Ranger came to collect them. The smaller model was regularly using the larger as a pillow / matress so they are good friends!
The Ranger mentioned he thought he had seen them before, so it might not have been their first adventure. For such well mannered dogs it’s a shame they weren’t tagged – the ‘get out of jail’ fee would been greater than the cost of tags 🙄 . The good news is that they never appeared on the Animal Control website so it’s assumed they found their way home.
Lake Richmond at dawn, from the north looking south east.
Merrimac Loop Reserve, from the eastern end looking west. The tree line to the right is the Lake Richmond south drain.
