Author Archives: Dave Noble

Cooks River Bird Survey – 9 June 2020

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Dave Noble

I spent a nice early morning wiht the Mudlarks helping to survey the birdlife along the Cooks River. on this survey we met at the Lang Street Bridge at 7:30 am and surveyed downstream on the south back, then crossed … Continue reading →

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Red Rocks Walk 6 – 7 June 2020

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Dave Noble

Wendy had organsed a walk to the Red Rocks above the Capertee Valley. It was a long weekend, but as it turned out we only walked for two days. This was the first overnight bushwalk I had been on for … Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek Nature Walk – 5 June 2020

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Dave Noble

Another please walk along Wolli Ck looking for birds, fungi and orchids. Along the way, I found a reasonable amount of fungi out.

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Devines Hill Walk – 4 June 2020

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Dave Noble

Keith and Chris had organised a walk from Wisemans Ferry up Devines Hill on the Old Great North Road. The party, as well as Keith and Chris was Rosie, Bob and myself. The meeting time at Wisemans Ferry was 12 … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Hazelbrook and Lawson – 3 June 2020

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Dave Noble

My recent fungi walks have been very good, and I have been fortunate to see a lot of colourful species. I decided to head up to Hazelbrook and Lawson to see what was out there. In terms of fungi it … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Ferndale Park and the Lane Cove Valley – 2 June 2020

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Dave Noble

I spent an interesting day searching for and photographing fungi at Ferndale Park at Chatswood, and then walking down to the Lane Cove River and walking upstream to check out another site. The fungi at Ferndale Park was quite nice. … Continue reading →

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Kangaroo Creek Walk – 1 June 2020

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Dave Noble

It was good to be able resume going on bushwalks with the National Parks Association of NSW. I enjoy Brian Everingham’s walks as they go to interesting places, and there is always time to look at interesting aspects of Nature … Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek Nature Walk – 31 May 2020

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Dave Noble

I had a pleasant walk from Bexley North to Tempe. Along the Two Valleys Track I was on the lookout for mainly birds and fungi. Along the way I didn’t see too many birds (I probably heard more, but they … Continue reading →

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Lane Cove Valley Fungi – 30 May 2020

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Dave Noble

On this walk I went from Eastwood, down Terrys Creek to the Lane Cove River, then followed the track by the river downstream (Part of the Great North Walk) to the DeBurgh Bridge, crossed the bridge and exited to Macquarie … Continue reading →

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Lerida Gorge Walk – 29 May 2020

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Dave Noble

This was a very pleasant and interesting walk in the Upper Blue Mountains with Bob and Douglass. Bob had worked out a good plan to visit Lerida Gorge which runs into Arethusa Canyon. It contains Alpheus Canyon which is often … Continue reading →

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