In the morning we added a snake (perhaps a red belly black - had a yellow belly so not sure as not supposed to get yellow belly blacks around Robertson) to the watch list. He was more scared of us than the other way around and didn't like that we were going close to his sunning spot in the front garden. We also added a Satin Bower bird to our watch list. He was a scaredy cat too but his bower was literally just out the front door so we could spy on him from inside. Saw his show a couple of times; once with a big enticing moth in his mouth! Any girl would surely b impressed and he did seem to have one hanging about. On our walk we found a feather with blue on it and left it on the steps for him. He later carefully added it to his display when we weren't looking! You can c the blue things in the pic below. The bower is just to the left of the blue bits. Hard to capture well, but u should get the idea.
We filled the water bath and he came out for a drink and a wash while we watched from inside.
His mate is the same shape but olive green. I was a bit worried putting the water in the bath as the snake was inhabiting the very same part of the garden.....i think the bower bird would have been too big for the snake tho. I tipped the water out after the photo just in case - too many other birds that were smaller and perfectly dinner sized!!!
Despite a brave late night jaunt thru the forest to the burrows we had spotted earlier we were not lucky enough to add a (live) wild wombat to the watch list. With fresh wombat poo I was sure we would see one. But the girls were a bit freaked out in the forest in the dark, so we probably quit looking too soon if the truth b told. Here's why we thought that wombats might b about!!! Dead give away. 
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