Wednesday 29th January 2020. 1300-1350

25 mm in the rain gauge overnight and another 23 mm during the morning. Now overcast and drizzling gently. Little or no breeze. Track wet with numerous puddles. Stepping Stones and Log Jam completely submerged.

A lull in the rain encouraged me to venture out in foul weather gear and waterproof camera and wade through the puddles. Thomas thought better of it!
Nothing at Allumbah Pocket but a Willie Wagtail and a Varied Triller were having a game at The Other Side.
Opposite Snodgrass’s Pool an Eastern Water Dragon was poking his head out from behind a rock.
A few butterflies were on the wing and one landed nearby near Full Tide Island. My best guess is a Fuscous Swallowtail.
The Log Jam was completely invisible today and saw only a couple of distant Turtles taking a breath as they were swept downstream.
A pair of Pacific Black Ducks were resting on the bank upstream of the Jam.
The track under the Overhanging Bushes was almost a stream but in No 3 a small Green Ringtail Possum was curled up in a ball.
A large volume of water was pouring from the Viewing Pond under the Highway Bridge.
At the Viewing Platform one of the Rufous Shrikethrushes was sitting on the nest.
The Paddock had it’s usual small group of Magpie Geese and a pair of Bush Stone-curlews were today favoring one of the bamboo clumps.