Monday 21st June 2021. 1425 – 1530

Weather

No rain. Sunny with scattered clouds. Intermittent light southerly breeze. Track dry. Water level down 10 mm. Moon phase Last Quarter +3 days.

Wildlife Report

As I walked down our drive to start my Patrol a flock of at least a dozen female King Parrots flew overhead and throughout the walk I was aware of the distant “honking” of Storks or Brolgas on the wing.
At Allumbah Pocket I quickly spotted “Popeye” a younger male Green Ringtail Possum in a tree down the informal entrance which leads to the Volunteer’s storage shed. He was beautifully displayed on a clear branch and I photographed him from both directions.
A Chocolate Brush Tailed Possum was again in the Mistletoe Clump but today was too sleepy to raise his head.
At the rock in front of the Memorial Bench a Saw-shelled Turtle was sunning himself with a couple more on the fallen tree at Snodgrass’s Pool.
A this point I met a couple visiting from the Gold Coast and directed them to view the Possums
I then saw very little until Platys Pool where a very handsome Turtle was on the far bank. I was joined by a family from Brisbane who told me that they had already seen a Platypus.
Along the Overhanging Bushes I photographed a Golden Orb-weaver Spider but was unable to spot the honking Cranes.
When I arrived at Picnic Peninsula I was unable to spot the Platypus which according to a couple from Spain had been disturbed by a bus party who were rather noisy.
At the Narrows I found a female Green Ringtail Possum with a joey but was unable to see the baby’s face. Several visitors and a young woman who works at the Visitors Information Centre enjoyed them as well.
Crossing the Highway Bridge I took more shots of the Brushtail Possum in his usual bush but like his mate from the other end of the walk he was too tired to bother with me.
The family of Bush Stone-curlews were still hanging around Nick’s Car Park.