Lower Hume Park had several sudden ponds due to the rain over the past day and a bunch of mallards were there to take advantage of it. Better than swimming in the Brunette River, which was very shallow a few days ago and is very not shallow right now, as the photo below indicates.

Proof of ducks (and a crow). This is a crop zoomed in to 93% and the best you’re going to get on a crusty old iPhone 12:
