Thursday 7th November 2019. 1330 – 1430

No rain. Scattered cloud. Very hot in the sun but cool breeze noted in the shade of the trees. Track dry.

The Magpie Larks have obviously hatched in the Police Station yard. One of the chicks was standing on the edge of the nest and loudly demanding to be fed. No Brushtail Possum around today. A large Eastern Water Dragon was on the rocks on the right side going down the slope to Memorial Bench. A Green Ringtail Possum was in the tree opposite Snodgrass’s Pool and decided to move giving me a view of his underside. The Powder Puff in front of his tail suggests that this is a male! Fleeting glimpse of an unidentified animal in the pool which I suspect may have been a Water Rat or Rakali. At the Log Jam there were five Saw-shelled turtles today and while photographing them a Platypus turned up and spent several minutes foraging in front of us. He spent a minimal amount of time resting on the surface making photography difficult. Thomas was disappointed not to meet any members of his admiration society today but you can’t be lucky all the time.