Yenyening Lakes
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Deep in the wheatbelt is a chain of lakes formed from the sluggish flow (if any) from the surrounding gentle valleys of the Lockhart and Yilgarn catchments. This system of lakes is called the Yenyening Lakes, and its waters are channelled eventually into the Avon River. Yenyening Lakes can vary with respect to their water levels - at any one time some lakes can be seemingly full of water whilst the next lake (even in walking distance) can be a dry salt bed. This variety is a strength as it allows more opportunities for photography.
The image to the left is an example of the variation of water levels. The image shows one of the shallow lagoons close to the entrance to the lakes. It is mostly dry with a thin crust of salt on the top of a bed of mud. However, the lakes either side of this one are full of water.
Dead trees also fill the shore (and sometimes the middle of the smaller lakes), providing interesting foreground compositions for landscape photography.
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