Wednesday 31st August 2022. 1425 – 1530 hrs

Weather

2.5 mm of rain in the gauge. Scattered cloud with sunny periods. Moderate SE Breeze. Water level falling slowly. New Moon + 4 days.

Wildlife Report

Commenced yet another Patrol divided into two parts and soon spotted a Green Ringtail Possum extremely well concealed in the trees to the right of the Allumbah Pocket parking area. From the location it was probably “Mrs Green” but no identifying features could be seen.
While crossing the Suspension Bridge I noted ripples downstream and soon saw a Platypus swim across the creek while observed by a couple of Ducks which had probably been causing most of the ripples.
Continuing on I found a Chocolate Brushtail Possum in the tree behind the Covered Picnic Table at The Other Side.
Heading towards the Memorial Bench I found that a very inadequate fence had been thrown up on a line which seems to bear little relationship to any of the established boundaries. In the absence of any surveyors mark one would have to question it’s legality. It would certainly be totally inadequate for any serious attempt to maintain the bio-security of a farm.
I contented myself with finding “Whitespot” another Green Ringtail and taking the usual photos.
On my walk back along Bunya Street I found the pair of Bush Stone-curlews guarding one of the driveways and I guess they will be setting up home again soon.
At The Platypus Viewing Pool a tiny turtle was on the sloping branch and on the rocks beneath the Highway Bridge a juvenile Eastern Water Dragon was having a good look at me as I snapped it.
Passing under the Bridge I noticed that a similar fence had been erected but the position of this still enabled me to photograph one of the juvenile Golden Orb-weaver Spiders in the clump of Lomandra.
A lone Large-footed Fishing Bat was roosting in one of the bridge joints.
I returned to the Viewing Area and crossed the Highway to find a Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo in one of the tall trees on the East Bank.
In the nearby Fig Tree “Tatty” the Coppery Brushtail Possum was sleeping in her usual tree fork but she must have sensed my arrival prompting her to wake up and check me out!