Paul Garrett

@paulgar.bsky.social

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Retired public policy nerd. Defrocked ecologist. Keen fly fisher, esp. for feral species. Conservationist, reader, science geek, Australian, boomer. #Australian #FlyFishing #FlyTying #trout #ecology #rivers #entomology

Fly fisher in brimmed hat and polaroids holding a 26 inch male brown trout caught on a small New Zealand river.
"Guide Wanted" ad for Tom's Outdoors in Tumut Australia. https://www.tomsoutdoors.com.au/pages/careers-at-toms-outdoors? for details
A river flows towards the viewe. A boulders covers the foreground and rocks protrude from the water. Trees line the banks.
A long straight run of a river surrounded by Australian trees. Looking downstream.
A river pool with a large island-like boulder and a sheer rock wall on the far bank. There is a rock-strewn sandy beach in the foreground.
A freestone river run looking upstream. Willows and native vegetation line both banks.
Three black cubes of wombats feces on a rock.
The bottom of a short run in the river flowing over stones. There is a riffle and gum trees in the distance.
Looking upstream on a shallow stream flowing through the Australian bush. The water is clear and the bottom composed of rounded stones.
Looking up a quiet river pool at dawn. There is a bank of smooth rocks in the foreground and (exotic) willows overhanging the water in the midground.
A short movie of a view upstream of a small river flowing through Australian trees. Riffles are visible in the middle distance.
Looking upstream on a stretch of the Goobarragandra River near Tumut NSW Australia. A pool and shallow run surrounded by mature eucalyptus trees.
Looking out over a calm lake at sunrise with more than a dozen hot air balloons against the cloud. Canberra, Australia
An echida walking across a grassy patch.
A graph of river discharge rates for the Goobarragandra River from January 2024 to the present. There are eight incidents of flow above 2000 GL/day with today's being the highest.
A flooded river bank with a fishing rod.
The Goobarrragandra River at Lacmalac near Tumut, New South Wales. It is raining and the view up the river is misty and river has large trees either side. An inset weather map shows a significant rainband across eastern Australia
A skin lizard on a rock. Maybe a female with eggs from the size of the abdomen.
A glassy surfaced river pool with smooth rocks and two fly fishing rods in the foreground.
Looking upstream at a small rocky stream (the Goobarragandra River) with a hand holding a digital thermometer in the foreground. The thermometer reads "24.0 C"
A view of River Guam's lining a rocky bottomed river near Tumut NSW Australia.