October 2015 - Our first platypus sighting

Our friend Liz walks her dog Lucy down by the river everyday and has spotted lots of platypus in the shallows by the banks. She told us to head down around 4ish in the afternoon and where to sit and how to look for the bubbles on the surface.
So we headed down with out bikes one sunny afternoon and sat patiently by the bank. The girls lost interest after a while and went to climb trees but Lionel and I sat and sat and sat and finally we saw those little bubbles and ripples and sure enough a little platypus poked his head up for just a second!
Trying to catch it with the camera was a different matter altogether!
After the excitement we finished off the lovely afternoon with a BBQ dinner under the pavilion in Rotary park.