Thread: Platypus found in Logan River for the first time in 18 years

Originally Posted by bob10

That's a good indication of the state of the river.

Platypus found in Logan river for first time in 18 years

That’s good news for the river and the platypi.

Charging my half-empty glass for the toast. It’s probably worth noting that while platypuses are reputed to have limited tolerance to poor environmental conditions - ie. are a classical bio indicator of stream quality - they have a wider tolerance of damage than typically believed. The Logan is by no means a pristine waterway which more supports the wide tolerance viewpoint than the possibility that it is getting a lot better.

Few, if any, of the SEQ rivers and creeks rank much above “highly degraded” in the annual state of the rivers reports. But hopefully that won’t always be the case and the platypus is on to something.

Cheers,

they are there at Cedar Ck, which is very close to Logan River.

Hello again.

We had platypuses in the creek at the farm for years - admittedly in the foothills of the Barrington Range in NSW and the creeks ran year around over rocks and gravel.

One of the big issues for platypus decline in a lot of the country was the big shift from sheep to cattle after the late 60’s and the rapid increase in bank slumping along the waterways. Fencing out watercourses is a major step to a solution but is highly contentious.

Cheers,

Peach trees park near Kilcoy is a good place to see platypi, in the little creek that skirts the park. The trick is , don't let the animal see your shadow.

Saw one in a creek in the Lawnton vicinity a couple of years ago. I was happily surprised.

Pic is from a camping trip last year. (Not Lawnton)

Originally Posted by Saitch

Saw one in a creek in the Lawnton vicinity a couple of years ago. I was happily surprised.

Yes, the critters are around, which is great. At the end of the day they have to live somewhere, so can’t always be too choosy.

Having said that, they still have preferences for better than for worse.

Cheers,

There is one in creek at Darra Brisbane thet runs from industrial estate through to Brisbane River.

That's surprising, I thought the freshwater crocodiles would have gotten the platypi.