Starting off this week with a swanny. The Swan River here in Perth does not contain many swans compared to many years ago when a sand bar at the mouth held back fresh water for fresh water birds. Nowadays the mouth is dredged, and the river is more like a estuary. The swans can,t tolerate salt, so they inhabit lakes and further upstream. Have had tourists lamenting why the river has been given it,s name but no swans inhabit it. :-\
