Weather

No rain. Bright sun shining from cloudless sky. Breeze SE 10-15 knots. Track dry. Water level falling slowly.

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After a morning in the garden it became too hot for working in the sun so Thomas and I decided to to venture out on Patrol.
We felt fully justified when a Green Ringtail Possum was spotted on entering the Walk at Allumbah Pocket. It was well concealed but confirming it’s identity by the presence of white bands down the centre of the back.
A large Saw-shelled Turtle was spotted on a rock under Lloyd’s Suspension Bridge and this was the first of many. Others were seen in both directions from the Memorial Bench, at The Log Jam and Platy’s Pool.
Met a visiting family at this stage and Dad was first to see one of the Turtles and also an Eastern Water Dragon on the rocks opposite Snodgrass’s Pool. Well spotted!
A second Green Ringtail Possum was in the creek bank trees at Snodgrass’s Pool and this was enjoyed by the family and another family from Austria with whom I spent a few minutes photographing a Platypus at Platypus Bend.
A beautiful Shining Bronze Cuckoo was seen in the bushes near Flood Tide Island but insisted on hiding his head behind a branch.
After visiting the turtles at The Log Jam a very friendly Eastern Yellow Robin came along on the upstream side of the Peninsula and I managed to take a couple of good shots.
Nothing else was seen then until reaching the Car Park from where a pair of Bush Stone-curlews were seen at Nick’s Camping Area and we were able to approach them.
Another Curlew was seen on the Creek side of Bunya Street before reaching home.

Green Ringtail Possum. Pseudochirops archeri

Saw-shelled Turtle. Elseya latisternum

Eastern Water Dragon. Physignathus lesueurii

Platypus. Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Shining Bronze Cuckoo. Chrysococcyx lucidus

Eastern Yellow Robin. Eopsaltria australis

Bush Stone-curlew. Burhinus grallarius