We walked through the grounds of Shenton College, admiring some mature Tuarts that had been preserved during the development of the school (it was formerly a home for returned service men).
We noticed a new bat-box (installed by GreenCorps to a design by Joe Tonga. Nearby was another, hanging in a magnificent Jarrah habitat tree, one of the few left in the bushland as a result of frequent fires and logging.
Down the hill was a clearing created when the City of Nedlands removed some mounds created when the Army vacated the bushland after the Second World War and bulldozed their ablution blocks. A little further along was another remnant of the War in the form of a dense clump of Blue Lechanaultias, some of them still in flower. The Lechanaultias are not native to this bushland and were probably brought down from the Darling Ranges with gravel used for the parade ground for a Prisoner of War transfer station. This camp was also bulldozed at the end of the war.
Near Lemnos Street we discussed options for next year's walk, possibly going all the way to the beach.
A bare area (formerly a rubbish dump) was another scar this bushland carries which reflects the way people view bushland as waste land.
Last winter's plantings appear to be doing well as a result of the good rains we have had.
We returned to Shenton Park station after about an hour in the bushland.
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