Tuesday 8th December 2020. 1115 – 1220

Weather

No rain in gauge. Patchy cloud with infrequent sunny periods. No breeze. Track dry. Water level very low. A heavy shower for 20 minutes shortly after I returned home.

Post

Managed to remember everything today.
On arrival at Allumbah Pocket found “Piratical Pete” the male Green Ringtail Possum sitting on a branch which overhangs the parking area and would have been less than 1 metre above a 4 x 4 had it decided to park there! He seemed quite relaxed.
While looking around to see if there was a female possum in the vicinity photographed a Spectacled Monarch who was flitting around in the bushes.
Crossed the Suspension Bridge and found “Mrs Green”, the Green Ringtail Possum with joey, occupying the tree next to the support pole of the bridge. Joey was initially sitting in front of Mum with both facing in the same direction but then turned round giving an even better image.
Introduced them to a family from Peeramon who passed at just the right time.
It was a good day for Eastern Water Dragons with one being seen at Horseshoe Rocks and another 2 , including Scar Face, on the rocks opposite Snodgrass’s Pool.
On to the Log Jam where unusually there were no Turtles but a juvenile Water Dragon was lying on the concrete slab at the base of the far bank.
Another male Green Ringtail Possum was seen at No 4 of the Overhanging Bushes and again gave me a good view.
At Picnic Peninsula a Pale Yellow robin followed me along the path.
Another immature Water dragon was on a log along Stringers Stretch.
At the narrows, one of the few Saw-shelled Turtles seen today was taking a breath on the surface.