Friday 8th November 2019. 1330 – 1430

No rain. Sky clear apart from high altitude cloud in the West. Hot and sunny. Light breeze. Track dry.

Cody tired of Thomas being constantly mentioned in dispatches and elected to come today. Not the best choice as he and Thomas were the only non-human mammals seen on today’s walk! The Golden Orb-weaver remains in the same spot at Allumbah Pocket and from day to day seems hardly to move. A Saw-shelled Turtle was on one of the Stepping Stones and two Eastern Water Dragons were observed on the rocks between the Memorial Bench and Snodgrass’s Pool. A solitary Turtle at the Log Jam took to the water before I had lifted my camera although a larger specimen in the water decided to take a look. The birds fortunately came to the rescue today and in short order photographed a Black-faced Monarch, a Rufous Shrike Thrush and a White-bellied Cuckooshrike. Finished with a Rainbow Lorikeet in the Queensland Umbrella Tree in our garden.