One Square Mile

In one square mile, northeast of Noojee, there are seven birds that I often get to see as I walk on the tracks in pristine forestry, in one square mile, northeast of Noojee. A Whipbird crack through ti-tree scrub, a Lyrebird echo from Cascade Creek, Red Browed Finch on the sword grass heads, I’m watching close a Ground Thrush sneak. Black Cockies feed on Blackwood wattle, in heath Blue Wrens are a family, Yellow Robins perch on a paperbark trunk in one square mile, northeast of Noojee. In one square mile, northeast of Noojee, are seven mammals sometimes I get to see, as I walk on the tracks in pristine forestry, in one square mile, northeast of Noojee. Echidnas forage in wood or litter Wallabies graze on grass and weeds, a burrowing wombat sleeps all day; high in a manna gum, a Koala feeds. Sugar Gliders doze in a hollow log, like Ring-tail Possums in a high ti-tree. A Bandicoot scarps through the undergrowth in one square mile, northeast of Noojee. In one square mile, northeast of Noojee, in Cascade Creek sometimes I get to see, as I look at the water in pristine forestry, in one square mile, northeast of Noojee. Flowing over sand, fishbone fern as cover, lurk Blackfish and the Gippsland Cray. Brown trout forage in the hiding place where Mountain Galaxias are their prey. In Cascade Creek; well the Platypus play, in long deep holes, but are rare to see. There’s Short Finned Eel, Yabbies and Shrimp, in one square mile, northeast of Noojee. In one square mile, northeast of Noojee, are a few reptiles I sometimes get to see, if I look down at my feet in pristine forestry, in one square mile, northeast of Noojee. There are Blue Tongue Lizards and Three Lined Skinks; Goanna’s up a tree and the Tiger Snake. There’s Copperheads or Red-bellied Black, and treading on snakes is a big mistake. In one square mile, northeast of Noojee, Growling Grass Frogs watch from water grass, And the ‘pobblebonk’ croak is an Eastern Banjo, in a swampy pool as I walk on past. Skippers float over the canopy blooms; Mosquito, March Fly, Bush Fly blight; Jezebel Caterpillars feed on mistletoe; Stag Beetles hover in the fading light. In one square mile, northeast of Noojee, on walking tracks there is much to see, where I’m just a link that don’t belong, in one square mile, northeast of Noojee.