Cardinia Creek Sketchmeet

24C degrees and sunny made it a nice afternoon for sketching along the creek at the Cardinia Street Nature Reserve with a few U3A sketchers. 

The Cardinia Creek runs from the Cardinia Reservoir into Western Port Bay (quite some distance away). In early settler days the creek was a water source for both travellers and animals as they headed into the goldfields and agricultural areas of Gippsland east of Melbourne city. The creek forms the boundary between the City of Casey and the Shire of Cardinia and is home to much native flora and fauna. 

This stretch of water where we sketched is supposed to be home to platypus but from the number of dogs which came to swim there I'd be surprised if any platypus have stayed.

A sketcher brought her new 10 week old Whippet pup called Stella so I added her to the sketch.

#Sailorfude pen, watercolour, #Stillman&Birn Zeta Sketchbook, 7.5”x 7.5”