Thursday 30th March 2023

 Thursday 30^th March

SHE SAID:

Nikki & I headed for Dryandra Woodland again, this time for an overnight stay in one of the old forestry cabins.

We had an excellent afternoon & evening out there; thankfully the rain held off till the wee hours.

Julie, one of the caretakers, offered to drive us around to try & find numbats. Our tally for the drive was;

3 numbats

8 echidnas

3 possums

1 mardo (Yellow-footed antechinus)

After dark we saw a Woylie, which came right up to the cabin, & a barn owl, which flew across in front of the cabin in my spotlight!

Echidna, sheltering Western Grey Kangaroos
A little Mardo (Yellow-footed Antechinus)

Numbats galore!

HE SAID:

I'm back. Varena's gone. She zoomed off around 10am for her numbat adventure. The communications at Dryandra are pretty bad, so we only had a couple of text messages all day. I caught up with the washing from my time in Canberra, and replaced yet another tap washer. This house eats tap washers!

I had a brief Skype with Mum in the afternoon to get the latest on her health. She is not great, and her back still hurts. I reckon there is more to this than we know so far.