Day2 Wednesday 22nd October 2024 Lake Clifton Western Australia: Coffee with ANZAC Biscuits & Australian Welcome Swallows

Cast your mind back to the post for Day 2 Wednesday 22^nd October when I described our quest for the Secret Giant Jyttes Hytte.  It had proved to be a brisk 30–40-minute walk in search of this Giant and once back in the car we were keen to find a morning coffee break.  It was not long before we came across The Lake Clifton Café which proved to be friendly and accommodating.  Here is the link to its website: https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x2a32755a971552e5%3A0x8903a09ce2770c03!3m1!7e115!4s%2Fmaps%2Fplace%2Flake%2Bclifton%2Bcoffee%2Bspot%2F%40-32.7880635%2C115.6729013%2C3a%2C75y%2C167.94h%2C90t%2Fdata%3D*213m4*211e1*213m2*211s9mjWFLadkAC9yv9Mm4kTZg*212e0*214m2*213m1*211s0x2a32755a971552e5%3A0x8903a09ce2770c03%3Fsa%3DX%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjS-cK7r6KJAxW2Q0EAHZh9B_wQpx96BAgxEAA!5slake%20clifton%20coffee%20spot%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e2!2s9mjWFLadkAC9yv9Mm4kTZg&cr=le_a7&hl=en&ved=1t%3A206134&ictx=111

 The visit to this café was memorable not only for the coffee but the friendly welcome by its proprietors, much commented upon by other customers who had stopped to refresh themselves at this café, the crunchy ANZAC biscuits to enjoy with our coffee and the Australian Welcome Swallows that were nesting in the eaves of the roof above our heads.

You can take a look at the comments by accessing this Google search link: https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=lake+clifton+coffee+spot&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&dlnr=1&sei=v80XZ62DO-OWhbIP4Jr40A0#dlnr=1

The café also acted as a small convenience stop for locals with an interesting selection of food products including Chinese Cooking Wine.

The ANZAC biscuits had been freshly baked and as Bob & Lesley explained have a special significance in Australia.  Wikipedia tells me that 'The Anzac biscuit is a sweet biscuit, popular in Australia and New Zealand, made using rolled oats, flour, sugar, butter (or margarine), golden syrup, baking soda, boiling water and optionally desiccated coconut. Anzac biscuits have long been associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) established in World War I.

It is thought that these biscuits were sent by wives and women's groups to soldiers abroad because the ingredients do not spoil easily and the biscuits kept well during naval transportation.'

Overhead as we were enjoying our coffee and biscuits, I spied this small bird with another sitting on a mud nest.  My initial research suggested it might be an Australian Scarlet Robin but on I think given the cup shaped mud nest it is more likely to be an Australian Welcome Swallow.  You can see a better photo in this link: https://www.ozanimals.com/Bird/Welcome-Swallow/Hirundo/neoxena.html

After this enjoyable coffee stop we headed for the Serpentine Dam.