Glenbrook Creek – a Wet Walk – 3 November 2015

I was keen to get out of the city, despite a forecast for showers. Checking the forecast carefully, it seemed that the highest probability for rain was in the afternoon, so I thought that at least I would get in a morning of walking before the weather turned bad. When I arrived at Glenbrook Station, it was raining lightly, as I set off along to Station Street and then along the track to Glenbrook Creek at the Duckhole.

One of the reasons for walking in bad weather is that it provides opportunities to photographs creeks and waterfalls in high water with soft sympathetic lighting. But when I arrived at the creek – it was a dirty colour from the rain, but the level was not spectacularly high. The rain had made the banks, which are often rock slabs, quite slippery and a lot of wet bushes were overhanging the rough track that goes downstream. The light rain made it difficult to take out a camera without it getting a bit wet, and changing lenses something to be avoided.

I continued walking downstream. Except for the wet bushes it was quite nice walking, as long as you didn’t stop to take too many photographs. On the way, I stopped in a small overhang for morning tea not far downstream from the Wog Hole.

At the Blue Pool. I walked up the track and road to the visitor centre, and thought it too early to head back to the station, so I continued on down the track to Glenbrook Gorge. More light rain made photography a trial, so I didn’t stay too long before heading back to the station.

More photos are online on my website here.