Old Australia stubbornly returning
Entering Yangarra Estate is like reading the history of the settlement of Australia. At the entrance, near the small stone farmhouse, European trees and birds dominate. As you work your way past the gracious retirement pen of Mick, the one-horned Marino Ram, and discover the two eucalypt-lined creeks that dissect the property, you see an old Australia - which had been nearly cleared away - stubbornly returning.
Thousands of healthy new native plants mark those creeklines-attracting an astonishing array of birdlife, which had nearly disappeared during the old regime.
This far in to Yangarra, the busy chorus of these birds of the air replace any hint of traffic noise.
