Friday 8th May 2020. 1415 – 1515

Weather

5 mm rain overnight. Showers early clearing to cloud with sunny periods. Intermittent southerly breeze. Track damp from recent rain. Water level falling slowly.

Post

Road now dry and pleasantly cool for walking. Thomas and I found nothing at Allumbah Pocket.
The Memorial Bench was occupied by a group of young people happily ignoring the social distancing rules. We were then overtaken by a couple with a dog giving us plenty of clearance.
Photographed the bright yellow flowers of Jerusalem Artichoke which is common around Yungaburra and the Pinnacles. I presume that it must have been grown here commercially in the past.
At the Log Jam a moderate sized Saw-shelled Turtle was perched on the concrete slab at the far bank but had no companions today.
In the second of the Overhanging Bushes a Green Ringtail Possum was very well concealed in a spot where I previously saw a Brushtail Possum with facial injuries. I haven’t seen a Green Ringtail there before.
We were then overtaken by another couple with two dogs who we later passed going in the opposite direction just below the Highway Bridge.
On the downstream side of Picnic Peninsula an Orange-footed Scrubfowl was busy excavating the far bank and was duly photographed.
While crossing the bridge we checked out the rock beneath where a small Eastern Water Dragon was relaxing.
In the Platypus Viewing Pool a Platypus appeared a couple of times to have her photo taken and a Saw-shelled Turtle was again on top of the post, while another awaited it’s turn at the base.
A pair of Bush Stone-curlews were guarding Nick’s Camping Area and another pair were in a garden along Bunya Street.
There is always something to be seen if you look hard enough!