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It is worth remembering that these are the observations of a former senior Federal Government Minister, also – in Opposition – a Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, and that he departed Parliament at a time of his own choosing, as one of its more widely-respected members.
A government that must deal with sensible independent centrists is better than a government that must rely on the support of the most eccentric ends of its party spectrum.
One CommentIn this, the final episode in this 25-part series, the featured image looks to the Inlet’s mouth, from a vantage point circa half way along the inlet’s western side.
Waychincup’s particular geology is the key to its singularity.
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Waychinicup’s inlet is shallow and sheltered.
It is also dynamic, healthy, and reliably well-watered; low rainfall sometimes turns off the freshwater “tap” (i.e inflow from the Waychinicup River) but ocean waves and tides ensure that this inlet is constantly flushed/refreshed.
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Solid granite cloaks a lot of Waychinicup’s upper slopes.
As a result, when it rains, a whole lot of water flows downhill, some of it into little gullies which briefly become rushing rivulets.
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The photo was taken at 1.57 pm on 15 March 2021, a little less than one hour before the one in #21 of this series.
#21 offered a telephoto view, focused on Waychinicup Inlet’s eastern shoreline, as viewed from midway along the inlet’s western side.
#22’s is a wide-angle (24mm) view, taken from the inlet’s northwest “corner”; it looks along the inlet’s western side, out to where the Southern Ocean meets the inlet.
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The photo (copyright Doug Spencer) was taken from the inlet’s western edge, looking across to (and focused on) its eastern edge.
Granite – and lichens, flourishing thereon – are key elements.
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The inlet’s “neck”/ inland-most end soon fans out into its much wider and longer, lake-like expanse.
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Pictured is the final stretch of the Waychinicup River’s 17 kilometres.
After this spot, the river tumbles into the Waychinicup Inlet; arguably, the inlet is only truly “estuarine” in the narrow section within circa 150 metres of the river-proper’s end. (you will see that section in #20 of this series)
Comments closedThis is #1 in a temporary series of not many episodes!
Utterly underwhelming as Australian vote-seekers’ performances have been, a few observers of “Scomo”, “Albo”, “Clive” et al – and of us, their target – have delivered choice, pithy observations…
We have inertia because we have arrived at the era of personal greed and the major parties feel obliged to pander to that greed.
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Like #17 in this series, today’s post is the fruit of a little walk along the Waychinicup River’s final kilometre, as mid-afternoon turned into late afternoon on 22 September 2020.
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