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Sacred Kingfisher with lunch.

You’ll be walking on elevated ground above a mangrove area on the left and then taller gum trees.
Soon you’ll notice a little creek below. This is usually just a trickle but on rainy days the little
waterfall further up can turn into a raging torrent. As we live close by, on strong downpours, we can
hear the roaring rush of water over the falls. One can imagine what the little creek would be like on
such an occasion. In fact there is a story about some unsavoury characters who didn’t know about
this when they started a marijuana/drug works on next to the creek. Their enterprise went astray at
the first heavy rain – remnants of their equipment such as water containers can still be seen
scattered in some sections of the creek.

Tawny Frogmouth with chick. This one took me by surprise as I had walked a number of times under
this birds nest and never noticed it – only did when the chick with its white feathers showed up.

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