Surprise Creek Night Excursion

With an afternoon of waterfalls and beers behind us, we really enjoyed relaxing and watching our last outback sunset. The sky was particularly orange due to a fire that was burning to the west of us (downwind) throughout the day. As the sun set there were hundreds of bats silently winging their way through the sky, off to hunt again.

Later in the evening we decided to go for a night excursion back to the waterfall. On the walk there we spotted a snake in the middle of the path. It appeared pretty relaxed and not at all concerned by us. We were very cautious however and waited for it to move off before we continued. After a bit of research we think it was a non-venomous Keelback or Children's Python.

Also along our walk we spotted a bunch of freshwater crayfish feeding and a couple of frogs.

We relaxed in the rocks by the waterfall for an hour or two, trying out a bit more astrophotography, watching loads of shooting stars, getting swooped by bats, and trading more stories with each other.Read more