Friday 20th December 2019. 0833 – 0930

3 ml of rain overnight. Cloudy with occasional bright periods. Intermittent showers. Light breeze. Track damp.

Hot news today! The Chocolate Possum has a Chocolate Joey!
Nothing at Allumbah Pocket this morning . Waited for two people to cross crossing the bridge and while discussing their platypus sighting they made a fuss of Thomas, which made his day. Went on to The Other Side, and although the volunteers were busy, decided to check out the tree next to the Picnic Shelter. While photographing the Chocolate Possum, we were joined by a lass from Italy with a Spanish male friend who had been working in Melbourne. It took a few minutes for them to spot the Possum who was getting a bit bored with the attention decided to move. This revealed that she had a small joey on her back and when she stopped again to check us out I was able to get an excellent view. Very exciting!.
The couple joined us for the walk but unfortunately not much else was seen. We bumped into a local couple with 2 dogs, one of which was a miniature Black and Tan Dachshund. Thomas approved. They had just seen a platypus at Platypus Bend bit it did not appear for us.
There was a single Turtle at the Log Jam which took instantly to the water, but no Dragons or other Possums. We did see one of the Black ducks.
There was a distant view of Bush Stone-curlews and Magpie Geese across the paddock and the Figbird commune was as usual busy. I photographed a Curlew in a different neighbour’s garden and while doing so a flight of Magpie Geese flew over.