From Lake Pertobe

A place for it's beauty that is known far and wide Where many different species of waterbirds reside Lake Pertobe from Warrnambool City a kilometer away A nice place to visit any time of year or any day Where swamphen, dusky moorhen, and coot can be seen all year round And chestnut teal and gray teal and silver gull and black duck in numbers often abound And grebe and great egret, pink eared duck, spoonbill and the rare blue billed duck Can sometimes be sighted if you are in luck Where black swan, pelican and shoveler and hardhead visit from time to time Old Lake Pertobe the inspiration of story and rhyme A lake in a park with a natural charm of it's own To many tourists Park Lake Pertobe is very well known From Lake Pertobe by the City of Warrnambool and to the Pacific ocean near On a calm day the rolling surf waves one often does hear A safe haven for waterbirds and quite a beautiful place Where of human created pollution there is never a trace.