Author Archives: Dave Noble

Birds at Barton Park – 24 May 2023

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Dave Noble

This was another afternoon trip to Barton Park, where I spent most of my time at Landing Lights Wetland. On recent visits to the park, I had failed to spot the currently resident Scarlet Robin. This time I finally had … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Hazelbrook – 23 May 2023

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Dave Noble

While I was at Hazelbrook seeing my sisters, we all went on short walk down a local gully – the North Waterfall Walk – the track that goes down to Horseshoe, Oakland and Burgess Falls. This is a pleasant walk … Continue reading →

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More Sassafras Gully Fungi (Magdala Creek) – 22 May 2023

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Dave Noble

I was on my way to Hazelbrook to visit my sister and brother in law. And my other sister was also staying there on a short visit from Tasmania. On the way up the mountains, I decided to break my … Continue reading →

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 21 May 2023

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Dave Noble

After recently finding good fungi at Wolli Creek and Birdwood Gully, I decided to head to Springwood again and visit Sassafras Gully, hopefully before any fungi there got too dried out. On this visit I was accompanied by Sue. We … Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek Fungi – 20 May 2023

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Dave Noble

I joined a large party from the Sydney Fungal Studies Group, Wolli Creek Preservation Society and visitors, to conduct a fungi survey in Wolli Creek Regional Park. The area that was surveyed lay between Girrahween Park and The Flying Fox … Continue reading →

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Birds at Barton Park – 19 May 2023

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Dave Noble

This was another afternoon trip to Barton Park to photograph birds. I only arrived close to 3 pm and stayed till about 4:30 pm. This time my visit was relatively quiet. I spent most of my time at Landing Lights … Continue reading →

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Birdwood Gully Fungi – 18 May 2023

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Dave Noble

Valerie joined me for a very pleasant day in Birdwood Gully at Springwood looking for fungi. We found some nice fruiting fungi on our visit. We caught a train to Springwood, and after a coffee stop, we were soon walking … Continue reading →

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Birds at Barton Park – 17 May 2023

Posted on May 24, 2023 by Dave Noble

This was a short afternoon trip, mainly to look for birds at Landing Lights Wetland. What was unusual at this visit was seeing 5 Cattle Egrets. I think this is the first time I have seen them at the Wetlands.

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Lane Cove Valley Fungi Walk – 16 May 2023

Posted on May 24, 2023 by Dave Noble

This was an excellent day where I walked from Macquarie Park Station to Chatswood visiting three main fungi sites along the way. During the day, I found some excellent and very interesting fungi. Lane Cove Valley This is a small … Continue reading →

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Wattamolla to Eagle Rock Walk – 15 May 2023

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Dave Noble

Classic coastal walking Royal National Park. I joined Brian Everingham and party from the National Parks Association of NSW for a walk along the Coastal Track. In the party was Brian, Valerie, Suzanne, Paul, Amy and myself. We started from … Continue reading →

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