Young DBs are appearing in the suburbs. I’ve got
a couple around here. This is an annual event, numbers depending on
breeding success, and this seems to have been a good year.
However this one was perched on a limb about 1m above the water
in a gully at Campbell Park, perhaps its own way of keeping cool. I will
remember the occasion because I was wandering along with only thongs on my
feet, partly to mark Australia Day and partly to counter the heat and the grass
seeds. I was concentrating on what this chap was doing when I found
myself knee-deep in nettles. It is said that the native Australian nettle
inflicts more sting than its imported counterpart, but I would not claim
accurate identification on that basis alone.
