Observant travellers on Great Northern Highway would undoubtedly have noticed the Waterbirds caution signs about 19 kilometres north of Galena Bridge.
It is just outside the northern boundary of the Kalbarri National Park. There are no lakes, rivers or waterholes in the vicinity. For the most part, except in times of cyclonic rains it a very dry area.
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- Waterbirds sign on North West Coastal Highway.
The incongruity of the signs is such a seemingly dry location would lead one to believe that perhaps they had been ‘borrowed’ from a lake area in the South West and placed here as a joke.
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- The sign is just outside the Kalbarri National Park.
Main Roads WA advises that, although there are no permanent lakes or rivers in the vicinity, two large, low lying areas fill with water after local rains and attract waterbirds. Who knew?
- Ephemeral wetlands each side of the North West Coastal Highway.
So the signs hadn’t been placed there as a joke.
© Kim Epton 2024
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