Author Archives: Dave Noble

Birdwood Gully Fungi – 9 June 2025

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Dave Noble

It was time to visit Birdwood Gully at Springwood again to see how the fungi was going. Sue and Valerie  joined me for the day. We didn’t find too much fungi, but we did find some interesting ones. Here is … Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek Fungi – 8 June 2025

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Dave Noble

After the bird survey, I stayed back to photograph some of the fungi. Here is some that I saw – Old Humidicutis viridimagentea

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Wolli Creek Birds Survey – 8 June 2025

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Dave Noble

I took part on the Wolli Creek Bird Survey, early in the morning. The group surveys from Girrahween Park down to the Flying Fox Camp and back. It was quite cold, and not that many birds were seen, although quite … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Ferndale Park and Blue Gum Reserve – 7 June 2025

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Dave Noble

I visited two reserves at Chatswood to photograph fungi. I first went to Ferndale Park, and then, after lunch, went to Blue Gum Reserve. Both venues had some reasonable fungi, including a good number of waxcaps. Ferndale Park Here are … Continue reading →

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Malabar Headland – 6 June 2025

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Dave Noble

I spent a nice day out on Malabar Headland with Sue. The weather was sunny at first, but quite cool, and in the afternoon it became overcast. We were looking for Peregrine Falcons and also hoping to see some whales.

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Mooney Mooney Aboriginal Site, The Mega Cave and More Rock Art at Brooklyn – 5 June 2025

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Dave Noble

Bob and myself had a very interesting trip in the Gosford – Brooklyn area. We visited a major Aboriginal engraving site, then visited a huge sandstone overhang, and then found a few more Aboriginal sites, then we headed to Brooklyn … Continue reading →

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Vivid Light Festival – 3 June 2025

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Dave Noble

A friend Enmoore, was working in the city for a couple of days, and she invited me to join her for an a evening seeing the Vivid Festival. We met at Barangaroo and first visited the installations there.

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 2 June 2025

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Dave Noble

I was keen to check out what fungi may be present in Sassafras Gully at Springwood. I caught an early train to Springwood, and was soon walking down the track at the end of Sassafras Gully Road. I ended up … Continue reading →

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Aurora in Sydney? – 1 June 2025

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Dave Noble

I had been watching the Aurora forecast, and it seemed to be quite reasonable for change of seeing an aurora in Sydney. But I was busy editing Osprey photos and time passed during the evening. So I probably headed out … Continue reading →

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Ospreys at Long Reef – 1 June 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

I thought it was about time to head back up to Long Reef to hopefully photograph the local Ospreys again. Conditions were reasonable and I had a good day. There was high tide most of the day. I arrived at … Continue reading →

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