Saturday 24th October 2020. 1315 – 1425

Weather

Sunny with scattered clouds after patches of morning rain. Light southerly breeze. Track dry. Water level low and falling.

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My latest gardening project is finally finished and had a relaxed morning clearing up the aftermath and putting the tools away. After lunch I was free to take a walk and Thomas was clearly enthusuastic having been thwarted from escaping through the open gate for the past week!
We set out to the distant strains of music from the Folk Festival and it appeared that most of the animals had either stayed up too late last night or were saving themselves for this evening.
Saw nothing at Allumbah Pocket but a fine Eastern Water Dragon was awaiting us at the rocks opposite Snodgrass’s Pool.
At the Log Jam three Saw-shelled Turtles were seen, two of them quite large and occupying the most prominent pitches.
No Possums were seen along the Overhanging Bushes but a Silver Eye paid a brief visit. The photograph is not of great quality but is published in memory of a family member who sustained a fatal injury flying into one of our windows earlier this morning.
In front of the Platypus viewing platform a small Turtle was showing of his climbing skills.
The Fig Tree near the Medical Centre had no Possums at home today but on one branch a small swarm of Asian Honey Bees were in temporary residence.
In the garden of our near neighbours in Bunya Street two Bush Strone-curlews were lying in sepparate garden beds. As I approached the second she stood up and I was thrilled to find on the photo that there were two eggs underneath her.