Thursday 1st April 2021. 1500 – 1605

Weather

3 mm of rain in the gauge. Increasing cloud during the morning with several showers from late morning onward. South Easterly wind, strong and gusty at times. Track damp. Water level fallen another 10 mm.

Wildlife Report

Pleased that I was carrying my umbrella when it started raining as soon as I reached the entrance to Allumbah Pocket.
Spotted an amorphous furry mass in the trees on the right side of the entrance and with considerable effort I was able to establish that it was definitely a Possum, probably a Green Ringtail, but I think for the first time ever I was unable to find an angle from which any sort of worthwhile photo could be obtained.
Continued on and in the tree next to the Suspension Bridge a much more cooperative Green Ringtail took a good look at me before climbing into the canopy.
Having crossed to The Other Side I noted some GRP scats on the bench in front of the board commemorating Lloyd Abel’s contribution to the Suspension Bridge which bears his name.
There were no Eastern Water Dragons to be seen today and only a solitary Saw-shelled Turtle on the recently fallen tree at Snodgrass’s Pool.
Birds were quite vocal as I continued on and I managed to obtain shots of an immature Spectacled Monarch and an Eastern Yellow Robin in the trees around Platypus Bend.
A White-headed Pigeon posed nicely for me at Picnic Peninsula.
Arriving at the Platypus Viewing Platform a family pointed out a Platypus feeding actively in front of them. I soon discovered that they were the daughter of and old friend, visiting from Darwin with her daughter in law and children. We were treated to a virtuoso performance for some minutes.
The Bush Stone-curlew family had returned to the Golden Cane Palm clumps near the medical centre and another solitary bird was in one of the Creek Side gardens along Bunya Street.