Monday 29th November 2021. 1435 – 1555

Weather

5 mm of rain overnight. Overcast with occasional sunny periods. Showers later. Breeze accompanying showers. Water level falling again but Stepping Stones still impassable. Track damp in parts. Moon – Last Quarter + 2

Wildlife Report.

Set off from home with no obvious threat of rain but on arrival at Allumbah Pocket a heavy shower caused me to seek cover at the Picnic Shelter for 10 minutes.
Once it eased off I continued on my way but saw nothing until Snodgrass’s Pool where a solitary Saw-shelled Turtle was on the sloping tree trunk.
I then checked out the upper level and on this occasion it was healed ” Scarface” the Eastern Water Dragon who took off leaving his smaller mate to be photographed.
On returning to the track I checked the nearby trees with some care and located “Whitespot” the Green Ringtail Possum sheltering in dense foliage. I wasn’t able to distinguish her joey but am sure he was somewhere in the mix.
Unusually there was nothing to be seen at the Log Jam but at Platys Pool a Turtle was taking a breath and so got photographed.
In the River Oak near No 3 of the Overhanging Bushes a well concealed “blob” was revealed from another angle as a male Green Ringtail Possum.
Along Dowling’s Corridor I spotted another “blob” in an Alexander Palm on the far bank which I could see through my lens was another Green Ringtail. When I reached the village side of the Creek I confirmed this by a photo from below.
Just downstream of the Highway Bridge a Platypus was feeding in a small area and provided some good images from just above the water level.
While crossing the bridge I again observed a juvenile Water Dragon, and while checking out the Viewing Platform I photographed some attractive patterns on the water when a squall shook water droplets from the trees.
Another smaller Water Dragon shinned up the Bottle Brush and appeared in front of me at my level!
I then spotted a pair of Bush Stone-curlews at Nick’s Camping Area and photographed a Masked Curlew while walking across to them.