Lake Leschenaultia.. In the Shire of Mundaring

We drove here today, Glyn is much better now thank goodness, we were both beginning to miss our "out and about" time.

Lake Leschenaultia is a man-made lake constructed 1897 as key infrastructure for the Western Australian Government Railways.
It is the largest reservoir constructed on the Eastern Railway line and supplied water to steam trains for almost 50 years. Since 1949 it has been used as a recreation area for many locals, the locals learned to swim at the Lake, especially before the 1960s when there were no public swimming pools available locally.
In 2005, Lake Leschenaultia gained a heritage listing based on the railway history, recreational significance and other factors. In 2006, the 40m timber jetty (constructed in 1971) was removed due to safety issues and has since been replaced with a pontoon. Since early in 2007..
(wikipedia)

My extras are a couple of purple swamp hens that were foraging about the picnic site, the other blip is our walk around the lakes bushland ...