Friday 11th October 2019. 1050 – 1155

No rain. Overcast early progressing later to scattered cloud with sunny periods. Light breeze from late morning. Track dry.

The full team took to the track today and found a medium sized Eastern Water Dragon with an extremely long tail on the rocks opposite Snodgrass’s Pool. Half a dozen Saw-shelled Turtles were in residence at the Log Jam and being overlooked by a large Water Dragon on the far bank. A large Turtle was seen on the upstream side of Picnic Peninsula followed shortly after by the only Platypus of the day who was busy feeding in a confined area. Watched her for some time in company with a family group and a visitor from Tokio and got some reasonable shots in spite of her reluctance to approach too closely. A Green Ringtail Possum was found in the trees on the bank near to the Highway Bridge but only wished to provide a rear view. The flock of Plumed Whistling-ducks along the tributary is decreasing in size daily and while checking on them I located the Bush Stone-curlew family who have moved house to one of the isolated groups of trees in the paddock behind the Car Park. Seems a much safer place than some of their previous locations and am hoping that they will remain there.