Wednesday 8th April 2020. 1310 – 1420

Weather

No rain. Scattered cloud with sunny periods. Light breeze. Track damp but dried out a lot since my last visit. Still some areas of sticky thick mud but able to walk through without difficulty. Water level falling slowly.

Post

Keeping busy in spite of voluntary seclusion. Spent the morning helping to sort out and stow delivered grocery order, doing a bit of tidying up in the garden , picking some eggplant, green peppers and chokoes and after lunch kitchen boy duties to help with preparing ratatouille.
Sun then shining and it looked so pleasant that I decided that I would take Thomas for stroll along the Creek.
Crossing Lloyd’s Suspension Bridge, we spotted a pair of Pacific Baza in a tree along the bank. They are quite common in some periods of the year but I don’t recall seeing two together before.
At The Other Side discovered that the White-headed Pigeons are still around although in smaller numbers. We had 30 in a tree behind our place recently.
No Water Dragons seen but was delighted to spot a male Green Ringtail Possum who I have Christened Popeye. As I was taking photos I spotted another blob higher in the tree and even more delighted when I identified it as a Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo. It was also quite amenable to some photographs!
At the Log Jam saw a couple of Saw-shelled Turtles, one looking very boring above the concrete slab on the far bank which soon took to the water. A smaller specimen was lurking on the far side of a log and not very keen on photography.
Nothing seen in the Overhanging Bushes but immediately beyond near the Picnic Table I found another Green Ringtail Possum, perched high in a Queensland Kauri Tree.
Without infringing my own proximity rules I was able to show him to a young German visitor who was thrilled that he and a companion had just found a job picking Avocados after phoning 35 farms without success.
Along The Narrows we spotted a Platypus who didn’t approach as close as I would have liked but still managed to capture a few shots.
The pair of Bush Stone-curlews were still occupying the Beer Garden although one was rather timid this morning.
Checked the fig tree on the far side of the vacant lot next to The Doctor House and was pleased to see the Chocolate Brushtail Possum still in residence although I would have preferred a more sociable view.
A very pleasing one off Patrol!