Tuesday 8th October 2019. 1040 – 1140

No rain. Bright sunny day. Light SE breeze. Track dry.

Already very hot and Cody exhausted after shopping in Atherton. Thomas and I found a slightly smaller but very long tailed Eastern Water Dragon on the 3rd rock pile near Snodgrass’s Pool. At the bend leading to the log jam, numerous birds were feasting on Bottle Brush nectar and I managed to photograph a Scarlet Honey Eater. At the Log Jam where there were 8 Saw-shelled Turtles in residence with another 2 on the way to Platy’s Pool. It’s interesting to observe that with a reasonably static number of turtles and a finite number of logs there seems to be and infinite variety of possible poses for them to adopt. The female Green Ringtail Possum with her well grown offspring was in residence in No 4 Overhanging Bushes and a young German couple with a child were just in time to enjoy sharing it with us. We also saw a Pale-yellow Robin. They missed out however on another Green Ringtail Possum in No1 Overhanging Bushes. The only Platypus of the day was at the start of The Narrows but after a brief appearance vanished under the tree roots on the opposite bank. The Bottle Brushes at the rear of the Car Park were doing brisk business with the birds which included a Scaly-breasted Lorikeet.