Comment: The ebb and flow of the seasons - The effects of rain on an arid land.

I was trying to find Jarra Pool (also in July 2009) and gave up after not finding anything with water in it - I had heard it never dried up. I was keen to see the plaque left by the Ives brothers as I used to associate with Rob Ives back in the late '70s.

We eventually gave up but managed to find a nice camp site anyway, and while contemplating my disappointment, I looked up and right in front of me was the tree with the plaque in it - we'd found Jarra Pool after all, but it was a little the worst for wear. It looks like you've managed to get hold of my pictures somehow. ;-)

Noel Ives met a rather unfortunate end. For some unknown reason, he and a mate decided to sleep on a railway track in the middle of the bush but obviously had no idea of the train schedules.