The trip to Cowra for the Cowra Woodlands Bird Program from Sydney through the Blue Mountains always involves a stop off at Lake Wallace, just past Lithgow. The lake is good spot for a rest and lunch as well as a reliable site for water birds. Numbers of water birds were low last month but still a very worthwhile visit.
The spectacular Great-crested Grebes are usually present at Lake Wallace.
As are Australian Wood Ducks.
And Purple Swamphens, in the reeds at Lake Wallace.