WATERSIDE WEDNESDAY

WATERSIDE WEDNESDAY

Balcombe Creek Mount Martha

Barbara Jacksier is hosting another Waterside Wednesday

Have a look at Barbara's blog and check out everyone's post

This week I have done a post on the creek near my local beach

Balcombe Creek

This creek has a fabulous boardwalk that goes about 3.5km (2.2miles),

so makes for a great walk. Balcombe Creek flows for nearly three kilometres through riverbank bush and widens into a tidal estuary before entering the bay at Mt. Martha beach. The natural opening and closing of the mouth allows salt water to enter the estuary and is an important feature of the system.

Balcombe Creek is such a beautiful and peaceful area

This coastal estuary and wetland contain dense remnant Melaleuca swamps and other flora and fauna of very high local and regional significance.

Looking from the Creek under the road towards the beach
We walked under the road to the beach

Looking back to the creek from the beach

Another babysitting day so we made sure Riley held Max's hand as there

was quite a drop from the sand down to the water

This is the creek flowing through to the beach

You can see here how the sand has eroded with the wild Winter weather we have had.

It will be interesting to see how the beach recovers from our harsh Winter

Riley loved throwing rocks into the water so Max kept a firm hold of his little hand