Saturday 7th September 2019. 1350-1440

No rain. Another cold morning followed by a bright, warm, sunny day. Intermittent breeze. Track dry and cracking.

One of the interesting things about taking a daily walk along the same route is that you never know what you are, or are not, going to see. Today was such a day when the natural order of things seemed to be reversed and can be best summarised by – Possums 0, Dragons 0, Turtles 1, Platypus 1 (and a glimpse at that), Tree Kangaroos 2. A day when you see 2 Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroos can never of course be descried as a bad day!

Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo. Dendrolagus lumholtzi

First photo of Tree Roo in trees opposite Snodgrass’s Pool to show how difficult they can be to see. This is at approximately 3.5 x magnification. Mum and joey were too far apart to get both in the same field of view.
Peek a Boo

Saw-shelled Turtle. Elseya latisternum

Solitary turtle at the Log Jam

Platypus. Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Watched this platypus ride the rapids from the Viewing Pool to beneath the highway bridge which it did submerged, surfacing intermittently for just a quick breath and then dived again.