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Gum Creek in flood        Images © Mark A. Chappell

The eastern Outback was in severe draught when I was working at Fowlers Gap Station in the early spring of 2009.  However, even in a drought, some rain occasionally falls.   None of it fell anywhere near the Station, but the morning after a distant storm, Gum Creek was flooded with dirty brown water, which disappeared (except for a few deep puddles) over the next few days.   If you look carefully at the image at upper right (taken from the Silver City Highway floodway), you can see a lone galah flying by.   I had no idea it was there until I saw the image on my computer.

  • Canon 1D3, Tokina 11-16 mm zoom or Canon 24-105 mm IS lens (2009)