Sunday 24th November 2019. 0950 – 1055

No rain. Clear sky with few scattered clouds. Light southerly breeze. track dry.

CAUTION. You may not wish to continue if you don’t like spiders.

Checked out Allumbah Pocket where Golden Orb-weaver was well illuminated showing complicated structure of her web which is suspended from a single point by multiple strands in the form of a tepee. I have tried to show the detail of this. Met a couple from Brighton, UK and chatted to them about the wildlife and the Isle of Wight. They had already seen a couple of Platypus and were doing better than I. While photographing an Eastern Water Dragon opposite the Memorial Bench was interrupted by a local family with a dog. Although on a lead he was quite aggressive towards Thomas who was quite willing to respond! At the next group of rocks I showed them another Dragon but was somewhat distracted by the canine byplay! Another strange day with no Turtles on view and missed out on Platypus and Possums also. Just before the Highway Bridge found another Golden Orb-weaver. This one was at chest height, range about 1.5 metres and absolutely huge. Her location permitted me to photograph from the ventral as well as the more usual dorsal side. A Bush Stone-curlew was just over the Fence from the Platypus Viewing Platform. At the bamboo clump the male Figbird flew off the nest as I approach but at the nest in front of the Pizzeria the female Figbird was happy for me to photograph her.