Author Archives: Dave Noble

Bola Creek – A Look For Fungi – 8 April 2016

Digi Dave and myself headed down to Royal National Park at Bola Creek to look to see what fungi was out. When we arrived at the carpark, it was raining lightly, so we drove a little further up the road … Continue reading

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Wolli Creek Fungi – 5 April 2016

I’ve been on a few recent trip down the Two Valleys Track along Wolli Creek waiting for the fungi to come out – without any success. This visit was at least a little better. There had been some rain in … Continue reading

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Blue Mountains Weekend – a Walk and a Canyon – 2 – 3 April 2016

I travelled up the mountains with friends John and Chuin Nee and their two young boys, Jasper and Sebastian. At Blackheath, Chuin Nee head off to Heathcliff to join Enmoore and Stu for a day of climbing. John and myself … Continue reading

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 1 April 2016

It had been a while since I had visited Sassafras Gully and I was not that hopeful of finding a lot of fungi because there had not been too much recent rain. This turned out to be the case. I … Continue reading

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Lane Cove Valley – a Look for Fungi – 30 March 2016

The day was intended as a fungi walk – looking to see if any fungi and slime moulds were out after fairly recent but light rain. Despite a lot of searching, I didn’t find a lot of fungi out, but … Continue reading

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Balls Head and Berry Island – 29 March 2016

This was a pleasant day of walking around part of the shore of Sydney Harbour. A good friend, Stephen, from Hobart was passing through Sydney and had most of the day to spare before his flight home. So I met … Continue reading

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The Budawangs at Easter

Wendy invited me to accompany here on a walk at Easter. She wanted to walk in either the Ettrema Area or the Budawangs. We did not decide which area until on the drive down. Our favoured option was Ettrema, but … Continue reading

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Bola Creek – a Look for Fungi – 24 March 2016

I headed down to Bola Creek in Royal National Park for a look for fungi after recent rain. It looks like the rainfall has been only light as our findings were fairly modest. Here are some of what we found … Continue reading

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Canyoning in the Wollangambe Wilderness – 23 March 2016

Bob and myself headed up the mountains with the intention to visit a canyon in the Wollangambe Wilderness. It was a canyon that surprisingly enough Bob had not visited before. Bob, after all, had been on many exploratory trips into … Continue reading

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Leura Forest – a Look for Fungi and Orphan Rock – 20 March 2016

After recent rain, I thought that a return to Leura Forest could be worthwhile to look to see if any fungi was out. I walked down from Leura Station to Leura Cascades and then walked down the cascades and then … Continue reading

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