Meeniyan Bird Hide

We enjoyed our short visit to this bird hide during our stay at Meeniyan. It is fantastic that small regional water authorities are recognising the benefits of welcoming bird enthusiasts to their wetlands and catering for them with hides such as this.
You could walk from the town along the Great Southern Rail Trail but we drove and parked at the access point off Stoney Creek Road. But this cannot take more than one car without blocking required access.
We were probably too late in the morning on a very hot day to see a good variety of birds but we enjoyed the Swamp Harrier's flyby, the variety of ducks, the antics of the Moorhens and the many little scrub wrens that were feeding immediately in front of the hide.

Lovely spot to see water birds and birds from the woodland nearby. All are protected by a fox-proof fence. If you park in Stony Creek at the corner of Main St and Stony Creek-Dollar Rd, it's a flat 1km walk to the bird hide. The smell off the reclaimed water is minimal.

Assuming this is fairly new...poor signage, little parking. Long distance to the water, give a miss until vegetation grows