Early morning walk along Tilbuster Creek

 I and a good friend often go for early walks on Saturday mornings, with our principal destination being Tilbuster Creek lying about 4 to 5 km north of Armidale. We like it because there's a wealth of great scenery and wildlife and the tracks are interesting. It's also very lonely when we typically travel at c. 7 am.

Yesterday, we had to take a different route to usual because recent heavy rains had made many paths a bit boggy. Strangely, we sought the quickest route to the creek-lands because the tracks alongside were not water-logged. It was a lovely day - not a single cloud in the brilliantly blue sky and the temperature rose fast. So here I am in summer gear standing on the creek bank!

Something strange happened at this spot. For some reason, my glasses climbed our of my track-suit pocket and jumped on to the grass. I still have no explanation for their activity, but they were not noticed as missing until maybe 15 minutes later. At that point we retraced our steps to where the photos were taken and there they were innocently looking up at us!

Oh well! Out other excitement was looking at the river scenery and trying to spot one of the Platypus species known to inhabit the waters. Alas, they must still have been in bed. However, there was a lot of bird-life and the Kookaburra shown here attracted our attention. It also seemed rather interested in our presence.

And here are a couple of pictures of the creek. Please let me know  if you can spot  a Platypus!

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