Tuesday 23rd February 2021. 1620 – 1715

Weather

2 mm of rain overnight. Bright and sunny most of the day with some cloud building in the West later this afternoon. Track mainly dry with some moist patches where water tends to run of the paddock or in the course of a seasonal spring. Water level down about 50 mm.

Wildlife Report

Today’s interaction with Petersons Creek was divided into two parts.
This morning, after some lawn mowing, I went down to the Yungaburra side of the creek and retrieved the memory card from my Trap Camera which unfortunately yielded no results.
While there I spotted a very smart Green Ringtail Possum and surmise that it is one which I often meet at the Overhanging Bushes on the opposite side of the Creek.
Later this afternoon when it had cooled down I decided to check out the Walk but Thomas declined to accompany me as it was approaching his tea time!
Another single Green Ringtail Possum was perched in the tree immediately to the right of the Suspension Bridge and was so close to the bridge that with a determined effort one could almost have touched him. I took a series of photos which I hope will turn out well.
There were a lot of Saw-shelled Turtles around this afternoon, one on a rock near the Memorial Bench and no less than four on the recently fallen tree as Snodgrass’s Pool with two more on a branch at a lower level.
In the trees opposite the Pool White Spot the Green Ringtail Possum was sharing a branch with her offspring who is now almost as big as Mum. I had just finished photographing them when I met a French couple from Brittany who were thrilled to be introduced.
Another Saw-shelled Turtle was at The Log Jam and a final one along The Narrows.
Apart from that I saw little until crossing the Highway Bridge from which I sighted two juvenile Water Dragons on the rocks below which I showed to a local lady dog walker.
From the Car Park I sighted the Bush Stone Curlews at Nick’s Camping Area and as I was heading in that direction I was pursued by the French lady to let me know that they had found the other GRP and had also seen a Platypus. I though it rewarding that they had taken the trouble.
The Curlews were in an uncooperative and stubborn mood and it was impossible to get an image of all three of them together among the numerous artifacts in the area.