In between Ironfest visits, we found time for some geocaching.On Saturday evening, Vaughan found the cache and spotted a frog. Our aid was enlisted and the frog was soon in (Vaughan's) hand!
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| In reality, it was quite dark ... |
Vaughan and I searched online today.
After some involved discussion, we finally agree that our Lithgow frog was most p(r)obbley a Pobblebonk or Eastern Banjo Frog - or more formally Limnodynastes dumerilii.
We didn't hear it call but there is a sound file on the link, if you are interested. (Seemingly the noise is thought of as banjo-like and when one frog calls, others usually respond rapidly, hence it's common name).
Vaughan was very impressed with his catch and has written a recount today: "When we were at Lithgow we saw a frog. It looked like a cane toad but it wasn't." Our (wartier) frog more closely resembled the pic on this site, even though the information is about South Australian frogs.
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