Console says TM is working, but no backups to browse in TM!

If I understand the output from Console correctly, Time Machine is busily backing up the 148GB HD on my MacBook to a shiny new WD Passport 250GB external drive and has been doing so for the last week since i first turned it on and Time Machine finished reformatting the drive.

Only, it isn't: when I open Time Machine, only 'now' and 'today' are available on the right-hand side nav, no 'test' files that i've renamed or the day prior are visible, and nothing sits 'behind' the active window i'm looking at.

I've posted the most recent console output below.

I don't have any clue about where to start, would really appreciate some advice.

Thanks!

- alan

5/01/08 3:25:20 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5163] Starting post-backup thinning
5/01/08 3:25:20 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5163] No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
5/01/08 3:25:20 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5163] Backup completed successfully.
5/01/08 4:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5334] Backup requested by automatic scheduler
5/01/08 4:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5334] Starting standard backup
5/01/08 4:25:03 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5334] Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
5/01/08 4:25:17 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5334] No pre-backup thinning needed: 690.6 MB requested (including padding), 96.91 GB available
5/01/08 4:26:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5334] Copied 6369 files (366.6 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
5/01/08 4:26:04 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5334] No pre-backup thinning needed: 266.9 MB requested (including padding), 96.54 GB available
5/01/08 4:26:12 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5334] Copied 2512 files (1.8 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
5/01/08 4:26:16 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5334] Starting post-backup thinning
5/01/08 4:26:16 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5334] No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
5/01/08 4:26:16 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5334] Backup completed successfully.
5/01/08 5:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5522] Backup requested by automatic scheduler
5/01/08 5:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5522] Starting standard backup
5/01/08 5:25:06 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5522] Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
5/01/08 5:25:16 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5522] No pre-backup thinning needed: 603.9 MB requested (including padding), 96.54 GB available
5/01/08 5:26:18 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5522] Copied 5832 files (294.0 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
5/01/08 5:26:18 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5522] No pre-backup thinning needed: 308.0 MB requested (including padding), 96.25 GB available
5/01/08 5:26:29 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5522] Copied 2224 files (36.9 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
5/01/08 5:26:33 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5522] Starting post-backup thinning
5/01/08 5:26:33 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5522] No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
5/01/08 5:26:33 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5522] Backup completed successfully.
5/01/08 6:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5695] Backup requested by automatic scheduler
5/01/08 6:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5695] Starting standard backup
5/01/08 6:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5695] Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
5/01/08 6:25:09 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5695] No pre-backup thinning needed: 523.9 MB requested (including padding), 96.22 GB available
5/01/08 6:25:31 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5695] Copied 2239 files (227.3 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
5/01/08 6:25:32 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5695] No pre-backup thinning needed: 260.4 MB requested (including padding), 96.00 GB available
5/01/08 6:25:34 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5695] Copied 249 files (153 bytes) from volume Mr Omo.
5/01/08 6:25:35 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5695] Starting post-backup thinning
5/01/08 6:25:35 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5695] No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
5/01/08 6:25:35 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5695] Backup completed successfully.
5/01/08 7:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5863] Backup requested by automatic scheduler
5/01/08 7:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5863] Starting standard backup
5/01/08 7:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5863] Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
5/01/08 7:25:09 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5863] No pre-backup thinning needed: 414.6 MB requested (including padding), 96.00 GB available
5/01/08 7:25:19 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5863] Copied 2141 files (136.1 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
5/01/08 7:25:20 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5863] Starting post-backup thinning
5/01/08 7:25:20 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5863] No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
5/01/08 7:25:20 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[5863] Backup completed successfully.
5/01/08 8:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6034] Backup requested by automatic scheduler
5/01/08 8:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6034] Starting standard backup
5/01/08 8:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6034] Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
5/01/08 8:25:10 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6034] No pre-backup thinning needed: 414.6 MB requested (including padding), 95.87 GB available
5/01/08 8:25:10 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6034] Error: (-43) getting cat info for item: (null)
5/01/08 8:25:10 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6034] Error: (-43) getting cat info for item: (null)
5/01/08 8:25:10 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6034] Error: (-43) getting cat info for item: (null)
5/01/08 8:25:10 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6034] Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
5/01/08 8:25:20 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6034] Copied 2141 files (136.4 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
5/01/08 8:25:21 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6034] Starting post-backup thinning
5/01/08 8:25:21 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6034] No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
5/01/08 8:25:21 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6034] Backup completed successfully.
5/01/08 9:25:03 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6274] Backup requested by automatic scheduler
5/01/08 9:25:04 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6274] Starting standard backup
5/01/08 9:25:04 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6274] Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
5/01/08 9:26:29 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6274] No pre-backup thinning needed: 513.8 MB requested (including padding), 95.73 GB available
5/01/08 9:30:38 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6274] Copied 7544 files (218.8 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
5/01/08 9:30:47 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6274] No pre-backup thinning needed: 297.8 MB requested (including padding), 95.52 GB available
5/01/08 9:31:45 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6274] Copied 1085 files (30.4 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
5/01/08 9:32:00 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6274] Starting post-backup thinning
5/01/08 9:32:00 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6274] No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
5/01/08 9:32:00 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6274] Backup completed successfully.
5/01/08 10:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6470] Backup requested by automatic scheduler
5/01/08 10:25:03 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6470] Starting standard backup
5/01/08 10:25:03 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6470] Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
5/01/08 10:27:05 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6470] No pre-backup thinning needed: 1.07 GB requested (including padding), 95.49 GB available
5/01/08 11:05:06 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6470] Copied 4972 files (810.2 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
5/01/08 11:05:41 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6470] No pre-backup thinning needed: 301.8 MB requested (including padding), 94.69 GB available
5/01/08 11:07:54 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6470] Copied 3399 files (40.6 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
5/01/08 11:08:05 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6470] Starting post-backup thinning
5/01/08 11:08:05 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6470] No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
5/01/08 11:08:06 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6470] Backup completed successfully.
5/01/08 11:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] Backup requested by automatic scheduler
5/01/08 11:25:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] Starting standard backup
5/01/08 11:25:03 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
5/01/08 11:26:46 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] No pre-backup thinning needed: 493.3 MB requested (including padding), 94.65 GB available
5/01/08 11:29:18 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] Error: (-43) getting cat info for item: (null)
5/01/08 11:29:18 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] Error: (-43) getting cat info for item: (null)
5/01/08 11:29:18 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] Error: (-43) getting cat info for item: (null)
5/01/08 11:29:18 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
5/01/08 11:29:18 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] Error: (-43) getting cat info for item: (null)
5/01/08 11:29:18 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
5/01/08 11:30:08 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] Copied 3835 files (192.6 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
5/01/08 11:30:17 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] No pre-backup thinning needed: 296.3 MB requested (including padding), 94.46 GB available
5/01/08 11:30:47 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] Copied 1086 files (37.3 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
5/01/08 11:30:50 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] Starting post-backup thinning
5/01/08 11:30:50 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
5/01/08 11:30:50 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6642] Backup completed successfully.
6/01/08 12:25:01 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6800] Backup requested by automatic scheduler
6/01/08 12:25:02 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6800] Starting standard backup
6/01/08 12:25:02 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6800] Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
6/01/08 12:26:21 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6800] No pre-backup thinning needed: 605.9 MB requested (including padding), 94.43 GB available
6/01/08 12:29:21 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6800] Copied 5070 files (287.8 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
6/01/08 12:29:34 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6800] No pre-backup thinning needed: 261.7 MB requested (including padding), 94.15 GB available
6/01/08 12:30:01 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6800] Copied 1297 files (10.3 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
6/01/08 12:30:04 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6800] Starting post-backup thinning
6/01/08 12:30:04 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6800] No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
6/01/08 12:30:05 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6800] Backup completed successfully.
6/01/08 1:25:02 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6989] Backup requested by automatic scheduler
6/01/08 1:25:02 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6989] Starting standard backup
6/01/08 1:25:03 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6989] Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
6/01/08 1:26:46 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6989] No pre-backup thinning needed: 665.5 MB requested (including padding), 94.13 GB available
6/01/08 1:41:04 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6989] Copied 5747 files (337.2 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
6/01/08 1:41:20 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6989] No pre-backup thinning needed: 351.5 MB requested (including padding), 93.80 GB available
6/01/08 1:43:24 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6989] Copied 2480 files (67.9 MB) from volume Mr Omo.
6/01/08 1:43:34 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6989] Starting post-backup thinning
6/01/08 1:43:34 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6989] No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
6/01/08 1:43:35 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[6989] Backup completed successfully.