View from the "hide"

@Stu: No mosquitoes and no cockroaches in Canberra (unlike Sydney or Brisbane where they crawl all over you day and night), just millions of flies and tiny flesh eating spiders. These wetlands may be reclaimed soon for the development of thousands of apartments (e.g. like these - high end too).

@amy: Goodness knows what those birds are - I don't watch them, but I do like venturing into these hides because they are SPOOKY - I expect to be mugged or find a corpse or a couple in flagrante ... - on my way through the bush on a dusty bike track. It's the local government of the territory, not the federal govt which is selling off the lake's foreshore to developers, one reason being the crisis in housing supply in Australia - prices to buy are higher here than in the US - and rents are astronomical. Meltdown is around the corner, how about chez toi?