Missed it

 Because of the bad news about Spotty yours truly decided to forgo the annual adventure of the BBMC

 leaving my erstwhile amigos to do it for me

 and instead took a much more leisurely stroll around Water Breaks its Neck a well known waterfall which

 for some reason was not falling due to lack of rain.

 So RRMK2 and the apprentice took to exploring, here we are in the culvert

 which was nearly as dry as the river bed we walked along.

Rocky and Spotty had a great time messing about, both have done the BBMC with me, Spotty 4 times so it would not have been right to leave them today.  I can do the BBMC later in the year as a solo challenge.