Category: Lake Richmond

  • Thursday, 19 March 2026

    Thursday, 19 March 2026

    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 ๐Ÿ™„ . The good news is that they never appeared on the Animal Control website so it’s assumed they found their way home.

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  • Wednesday, 18 March 2026

    Wednesday, 18 March 2026

    Lake Richmond at dawn, from the north looking south east.

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  • Saturday, 14 March 2026

    Saturday, 14 March 2026

    Ricnmond Avenue Reserve, a small sump at the eastern end of Richmond Avenue.

    We’re now 20% of the way trough the year!

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  • Thursday, 12 March 2026

    Thursday, 12 March 2026

    Impulse Lane Park. A small park set into the Lake Richmond bush behind some housing units.

    The drain that the bridge is crossing is the drain below that leads into the south drain to Lake Richmond.

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  • Monday, 09 March 2026

    Monday, 09 March 2026

    Bismark Reserve southern section, from the west looking east with the Anchorage Village shops top right. The treeline at the top / left marks the southern drain into Lake Richmond, with below showing the drain looking west after it goes under a foot bridge. The drain extends above ground (under roads) east until the Read Street / Rockingham City Shopping Centre, which we might track in the future.

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  • Sunday, 08 March 2026

    Sunday, 08 March 2026

    Bismark Reserve northern section, from the east looking west. The treeline at the top / left marks the southern drain into Lake Richmond. This section also becomes a lake with decent winter rains.

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  • Sunday, 15 February 2026

    Sunday, 15 February 2026

    Lake Richmond looking north from the end of Richmond Avenue (eastern end) towards Lake Street.

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  • Saturday, 14 February 2026

    Saturday, 14 February 2026

    More Lake Richmond surrounds, this is the path along the southern drain, looking west back towards the lake. The area in the foreground becomes a stream during rain periods as the drain to the left (seen below) doesn’t have an adequate pipe under the path ๐Ÿ™„

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  • Thursday, 12 February 2026

    Thursday, 12 February 2026

    This is Lake Richmond looking south from Lake Street close to Safety Bay Road / the western end.

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  • Monday, 09 February 2026

    Monday, 09 February 2026

    This is the park beside Lake Richmond along Lake Street, looking west from the edge of the bush opposite Bell Street.

    This area isn’t watered, we’ll revisit the park during winter to show what some rain can do to green Perth up.

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