Sunday 17th November 2019. 1250 – 1400

No Rain. Very hot in spite of light covering of high cloud. Cumulus clouds developing along westward horizon. Intermittent variable breeze. Track dry.

On arriving at Allumbah Pocket found a female Green Ringtail Possum with joey on her back in the trees immediately to the right of the entrance. Thomas trod on a stick while trying to find a suitable view point and, frightened by the noise, she climbed higher. Unfortunately no photos. Then saw what I anticipated to be the Brushtail Possum in the mistletoe clump but realised that there was a long tail extending along the branch. Yes, a Lumholtz’s Tree-kangaroo in a slightly different position and very hard to see properly. Continued on to Memorial Bench where today three Eastern Water Dragons were on show, one very definitely a male with red breast coloration. Nine Turtles were occupying every perch at the Log Jam, mostly Saw-shelled but including at least on Krefft’s Long-necked Turtle. Another large specimen was on his usual log at Picnic Peninsula. At the Overhanging Bushes we met a family from Colorado, USA who had just spotted a Platypus. I showed them a Green Ringtail Possum who was perched above them and after admiring it we continued in search of the Platypus who came close up to us at the tip of the Peninsula and continued on towards the Narrows. The Figbird was still on her nest in the bamboo and a pair of Bush Stone-curlews were in Nick’s camping area.