Under normal circumstances, when the water is low in the Gara river, there are lots of exposed rocks over which to stroll or hop as the case may be, but the great volume of recent water had covered a lot of the rocks and crimped our style somewhat. The second and third photos show the natural pond at the entrance to the Oxley-Wild Rovers national park. Not only was the water high, but the vegetation was exceptionally green - almost like the Garden Eden.
From there the substantial outflow accelerated downhill towards the top of the falls and the column of water shown in the next two photos. You can see the rocky banks of the stream in the first of these and often one can leap across the river ... but not today. Even so, Max had fun chasing lizards and poking the water with a stick in his quest for snake-skins and yabbies, a form of crustacean. Judging by the number of tadpoles in the river, there will soon be an explosion of frogs.
The fifth photo shows Max in pursuit of those ends. We'd covered his legs up out of fear that he's encounter a brown snake like he did at the same spot last year, but all was well. And, for my British readers, he was wearing his Animal T-shirt acquired in Padstow last year. We're going to return to this spot within a few days as Max wants to catch some yabbies - not I hasten to eat, but to examine and return to the river. He's aware that this is a national park!
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