WATERSIDE WEDNESDAY
Balcombe Creek Mount Martha
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
What do you think it will be
My camera is playing up so the photos aren't very good.
I am having fun with it
Here they are at Queenscliff just waiting to get a crumb of our morning tea
Lining up in the carpark at my local -Mount Martha Beach
Soaring through the sky at McCrae Beach
Lining up again at McCrae Beach.
Chopped up and ready to cook
Love the colour
A couple of teaspoons of raw sugar a dash of water and away we go
Cooking
Mmmmmm..... now it is done and oh so yummy. 
You start off on a track that then takes you onto a boardwalk
The area comprises of a lot of mangroves and mudflats.
It is on the shoreline of Westernport Bay where you can see many different birds -Spoonbills, Ibis, pelicans,red necked stints and many more
It was a beautiful sunny Spring Day
The boardwalk and track
So many colours in and around the water
It was a great way to spend 1 hour 20 minutes of our day. 
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A hanging heart - Until you Fall in Love
Some gorgeous Cath Kidston Soaps and Bath Melts
and one of my favourite things - Sea Glass.
photo from Gail McCormack
There are 21 pages - some collaged
Some painted
Some stamped
We started at Portsea Ocean Beach and walked to a rock 
There were lots of butterflies and we even saw an echidna
INFORMATION ON ECHIDNA'S added
You can either walk along the beach one way and then the Farnsworth Track
Farnsworth Track winds its way through the sand dunes 
There are also areas on the track that have up to 40+ steps to climb. 
You get great views of both Port Philliip Bay and Bass Strait at the highest point
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
Looking back to the creek from the beach
Another babysitting day so we made sure Riley held Max's hand as there
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
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