Black Swan Lake

Rod Giblett came to live by Forrestdale Lake in southwestern Australia in 1986. Based in part on a nature journal he kept for several years <i>Black Swan Lake</i> traces the life of the plants and animals of the surrounding area through the seasons. Presenting a wetlands calendar that charts the yearly cycle of the rising falling and drying waters of this internationally significant wetland this book is a modern-day Walden. The first book to provide a cultural and natural history of this place - taking into account the indigenous people's concept of the seasons (six instead of four) - <i>Black Swan Lake</i> will be enjoyed by conservationists as well as others seeking connection with place plants and animals in their own bioregion.