Sunday 5th September 2021. 1435 – 1605

Weather

1 mm of rain in gauge. Cloudy. Sunny periods. Light variable southerly breeze. Track slightly damp. Water level steady. Moon phase – New Moon -7th Sept.

Wildlife Report.

The only resident at home in Allumbah Pocket today was the Chocolate Brushtail Possum in the Mistletoe clump.
Near the Memorial Bench a Saw-shelled Turtle was posed on a rock.
“Scarface” the Eastern Water Dragon was on the skyline rocks above the track and at the Upper Level near Snodgrass’s Pool the female was showing her head from behind a rock.
A mob of Saw-shelled Turtles were celebrating Happy Hour on the sloping log in the Pool.
As I turned around after photographing them I spotted a Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo in the trees on the other side of the track and on closer examination I found that this was the mother and joey which we had seen near the Highway on Friday. Both were partly concealed by the foliage but by moving around I was able to obtain some good images.
I called over a family who were sitting on the bank waiting for a Platypus to appear and they enjoyed the sighting.
Returning to the water I noted ripples emanating from in front of the large tree overhanging the creek and a Platypus soon appeared and took her time of stardom.
At Platypus Bend I met a group of young people, then a family group and finally an older couple from Port Douglas some of whom managed to spot the Tree Roos.
After that excitement I saw nothing until The Log Jam where a group of Saw-shelled Turtles were enjoying the sun and were duly photographed.
My next sighting was along The Narrows where a Green Ringtail Possum was spotted, very well concealed and vertically above the observation bench on the bank. The images were not spectacular but several visitors were introduced, particularly a lady with binoculars who was very interested.
The Golden Orb-weaver spider and the Red and Black morph were still in the Lomandra clump below the Highway Bridge.
In the Fig Tree overhanging the vacant block the red Brushtail Possum was again showing his rear end.
In the Bottle Brush trees along Bunya Street several White-cheeked Honeyeaters were feeding on the nectar.