Author Archives: Dave Noble

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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More Lane Cove Valley Fungi – 31 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

I was keen to head back to a location in Lane Cove National Park to look for more of the waxcaps I had seen two visits earlier. Again, I was hoping that more may have emerged from the soil. But … Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek Fungi – 30 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

I had visited Ferndale Park at Chatswood in the morning, and was now visiting Wolli Creek Regional Park. I wanted an update on the fungi from a few days earlier on my previous visit. Here are some that I found … Continue reading →

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Ferndale Park Fungi – 30 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

I was back doing Fungi photography trips. On this day, I visited two venues – Ferndale Park at Chatswood in the morning, then later went to Wolli Ck Regional Park. Ferndale Park was quite good with a fair bit out. … Continue reading →

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The Old Kerosene Shale Works at Hartley Vale – 29 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

In 2017, I had been on a walk out along the old shale railway from the Darling Causeway to their end of the ridge, where a single rope incline railway operated. But on that rip, we had not been down … Continue reading →

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Birds at the Cook River and Barton Park – 28 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

I had been too many fungi trips recently, and neglected the local birds, so this morning I set off along the Cooks River from Illawarra Road to see what birds were about. I then walked as far as the Princes … Continue reading →

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Fungi in Wolli Creek Regional Park – 27 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

I decided on a short trip to Wolli Creek Regional Park to get an update on the fungi after recent rain. I found a reasonable amount of fungi out. Here is a selection of photos –

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