Goodacre Lake 4 - Dabblers

Goodacre Lake has a large resident population of dabbling ducks, mostly American Widgeons and Mallards. Many people like to visit the park and feed the ducks, a popular activity with kids, The ducks like it too.

Goodacre Lake 3 - McTavish Island

There are a couple of small islands in Goodacre Lake - above is the most prominent, McTavish Island, viewed from the stone bridge in yesterday's photo.

Goodacre Lake 2

Here's another view of the stone bridge seen in yesterday's photo. Although the park was not so crowded as it can get during the summer there were still a fair number of Victorians out to enjoy the winter sunshine.

Goodacre Lake

We had a lot of rain last week but that means it's been warmer - temperatures as high as 9 or 10 degrees Celsius. As soon as the weather clears up though it starts to get cold again. On Sunday the sun came out and the temperature dropped a few degrees but it was still nice enough to encourage me to take a walk around Beacon Hill Park. This photo is of Goodacre Lake in the park. The rustic stone bridge was built at the same time as the lake in 1889.

Couples

The days are getting longer now and we've probably had our last snow of the year (last week) but the temperatures are still hovering around freezing. Despairing of going for a swim in Beacon Hill Park's Goodacre Lake, the couple below opted to go for a walk.