Thursday 2nd September 2021
Well, the thunderstorm came during the night. We were woken at 4.30am with heavy rain, thunder and lightening. This kept us awake for a while with a couple of campers deciding to leave before the road got too boggy. We were okay except we had a leak in the roof coming through the fan.

We slept in a little and when we finally got up we headed for an exploration walk. We walked the water’s edge of the Corella Dam seeing many different types of birds – pelicans, egrets, little black cormorants, a pied stilt, a dart, white faced heron, a kingfisher and zebra finches. We love having our new camera. We heard a splash on the edge and we weren’t sure if it was a small crocodile or a big fish as we only saw the splash not the animal. As we headed further around the dam, doing some rock scrambling as well, David saw a 2.5m freshwater crocodile on the rocks but sadly it was dead – we wonder whether it may have been killed by the blue/green algae found in the dam or maybe it ate a cane toad. We continued to the Dam wall and then walked along the Corella River enjoying the birds here as well. It was a lovely walk only 6km but it took us almost 2.5 hours.

After much deliberation at lunch time whether to head on our way or stay another night. We decided to stay agin but this time by the river and have a rest afternoon. Some yoga, meditation, a little reading and David fixed the leaking fan. We also enjoyed another walk this time from camp along the river. We met a couple who had seen a jabiru along the river yesterday but unfortunately it didn’t return. We saw many more birds again this afternoon – a pelican, egrets and a rainbow bee-eater. A few chats along the way and the day was done. We had a lovely dinner by the river.