Today I decided to visit Howard Springs Nature Park, a small nature park very close to Darwin. It was created during World War II.
This funny looking bird suddenly appeared close to a pond.
The sign says the walk is closed, due to flooding. Fortunately I can't read... :-) I had to find out how far I could walk. It was raining a little, but I had my small umbrella with me.
Another funny bird appeared. It was shy, and kept running away from me.
This is a real rain forest, with great looking palms everywhere!
Now it is really pouring down, and I try to keep my camera under the umbrella as good as I can. Can you see the rain drops on the river? There seems to be a good reason they call this time of year for the wet period. :-) Showers come all the time, and disappear just as quickly.
Such amazing views in this forest! Water flooding very high!
Suddenly the path was flooded too! I had to walk quickly across this newly created water stream. You wouldn't believe how fast I can run across it, if I really want to! :-)
As an extra bonus, after the walk, a few bats were flying between the trees. I thought they were night creatures? Managed to take a photo of this one.
If you could read you wouldn't get to see anything;)
ReplyDeleteI did check that nobody saw me when I entered. :-) And I wouldn't have entered if I had expected to disturb anything.
ReplyDeleteI dislike rules that do not make sense.