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Curlew rain dance .
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As this was being written , a bedraggled , rain-drenched Curlew was standing at the front door of the den, obviously intent on coming in ; later it did , walked in, had a good look about, then strolled out into the tempest. On another wet day, one of the Little Darwin resident backyard Curlews walked right in , inspected the books in the enclosed front verandah , which bears the impressive title, Judy's Salon.
The welcome rain and high tides in recent weeks has resulted in interesting observations and many photographic subjects .
Low cloud across Cleveland Bay is looking like erupting geysers from the Bay of Plenty volcanic region in New Zealand .
Low cloud across Cleveland Bay is looking like erupting geysers from the Bay of Plenty volcanic region in New Zealand .
Close to 200mm of rain has fallen in the past 24 hours and during the night the Curlew chicks were seen darting about in the deluge , occasionally taking shelter under their mother, who sat out in the open like a glistening Christmas pudding .
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At 2am, cascading runoff near sheltering resident ghost .
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Down at Horseshoe Bay , a family interested in wildlife protection caught nearly 200 cane toads , which kill so many native creatures , in a billabong and put them in the freezer . Large numbers of flying ants were brought out by the rain. Last night , a Barking Owl , a threat to young Curlews, was heard in the distance.
At popular Alma Bay , mentioned in an article about Magnetic Island by novelist Romy Ash in the latest edition of the Saturday Paper , the runoff from rain and high tides produced these early morning views of the beach and sea with vast amounts of pumice visible in the flotsam , said to have been from volcanic activity in the Solomons years ago .
