Monday 22nd November 2021. 1325 – 1430

Weather

Mostly sunny with increasing cloud. Hot but improved by cool southerly breeze. Track dry. Water level low. Full Moon + 3 days

Wildlife Report

I was thinking about getting ready for a walk this afternoon when I received a message from Matt to tell me that there was a Tree Kangaroo in the tree next to the Suspension Bridge.
Galvanized into action I changed and was down at Allumbah Pocket and taking photographs within ten minutes and a beautiful Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo it was too.
I was so intent with this that I missed spotting the Green Ringtail Possum which was in the same tree!
I found nothing at The Other Side and at Horseshoe Rocks I saw only a small Eastern Water Dragon which vanished in the rocks before I could raise my camera.
At Snodgrass’s Pool I caught up with Matt who was with 2 friends from Brisbane watching an active Platypus so I joined in the fun.
We went our separate ways and I saw nothing more until The Log Jam where there were a collection of Saw-shelled Turtles but looking less photogenic than usual.
I continued on snapping another Turtle on the fallen tree near the base of Picnic Peninsula.
While crossing Highway Bridge I photographed a juvenile Eastern Water Dragon on the rocks below.
Nothing was seen at the Viewing Platform or in the paddock opposite but along the lane leading through to Bunya Street I found a female Green Ringtail Possum sitting on one side of a tree trunk while her joey was perched on the other side.

Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo. Dendrolagus lumholtzi

Never seen a Tree Roo here before but it is quite a small tree and hence at close quarters
Good view of tail
Close up of face.
Interesting view from almost vertically below

Platypus. Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Series of shots at Snodgrass’s Pool
This is a Cinemascope view which is the only one which seems to work with a full length horizontal platypus.
Getting nice and close and spending a bit of time on the surface

Saw-shelled Turtle. Elseya latisternum

Admiring my reflection again.
On a log against the far bank

Eastern Water Dragon. Physignathus lesueurii

Juvenile Dragon under Highway Bridge

Green Ringtail Possum. Pseudochirops archeri

Mum just visible to left of the trunk with joey on the right.
Mum. See tail just visible at centre bottom of image
Joey peering out under branch.