Author Archives: Dave Noble

Caves Beach Walks – 3 May 2019

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Dave Noble

Bob had been keen to explore the coast near Cave Beach for a while. This time, the tide was going to be low, so we set off up to the Central Coast. When we arrived at the carpark at Caves … Continue reading →

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Birds in the Eastern Suburbs – 2 May 2019

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Dave Noble

I spent an interesting day in the Eastern Suburbs photographing birds. I started at Centennial Park and then in the afternoon headed out to Dover Heights and walked along the Coastal Track to Watsons Bay. At Centennial Park, a lot … Continue reading →

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Photographing Azure Kingfishers – 1 May 2019

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Dave Noble

I made a visit to Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. I was intending to look for honeyeaters, but instead concentrated on photographing a pair of Azure Kingfishers. But there were also a lot of other interesting birds to see. I arrived … Continue reading →

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Birds at Ku-ring-gai National Park – 30 April 2019

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Dave Noble

I headed up to the Chiltern Trail at Ingleside to see how many honeyeaters had returned for winter. Things were a bit quiet and I didn’t see too many, and those I did see where a bit elusive for photos. … Continue reading →

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Fungi in the Lane Cove Valley – 29 April 2019

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Dave Noble

This was one of my regular walks along the Lane Cove Valley looking for and photographing fungi. On this trip, I started from Thornleigh, and walked down Lorna Pass via the Great North Walk track and continued down the river … Continue reading →

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Nature at Oatley Park – 28 April 2019

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Dave Noble

I spent a nice day at Oatley Park. My main aim was to try and find the Collared Sparrowhawk that had been seen in the area. I did see it, but had no luck photographing it.  But quite a few … Continue reading →

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Birds at Landing Lights Wetland – 27 April 2019

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Dave Noble

I spent a nice day out at Landing Lights Wetland at Barton Park. I cycled there along the cycleways and arrived mid morning. Many of the usual birds were there – Black-winged Stilts and a variety of ducks. At first … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Lawson and Hazelbrook – 26 April 2019

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Dave Noble

After finding lots of interesting fungi the day before, I thought it about time I headed up to Lawson and Hazelbrook to look for fungi. It had been a while since I had been to the waterfalls south of Lawson … Continue reading →

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 25 April 2019

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Dave Noble

I had a very interesting trip down Sassafras Gully to looks for and photograph the fungi. Despite it being fairly dry recently, there was a reasonable amount of fungi out.  On this trip, I started down the track from the … Continue reading →

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Taronga Zoo – 24 April 2019

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Dave Noble

I had been talking to friends about my recent visits to the Zoo, and they decided to make a visit of their own and invited me to join them. In the group were John, his two young sons Jasper and … Continue reading →

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