A bit of rain in Alice Springs

 It has been quite wet in Alice Springs over the last few days (180mm of rain in January already).  So today I received a call from the Medical Entomology program in Darwin asking if I'd going and check to see how much water was in the swamp from the rains (and a recent effluent release from the sewage ponds).  I took a few photographs when I was there.

They are thinking of bringing down the helicopter from Darwin in order to spray larvicide or growth inhibitor around the area.  I'll be heading back down later in the week to see if the waters have started to recede.