Author Archives: Dave Noble

Wolli Creek Fungi – 7 June 2026

Posted on June 14, 2026 by Dave Noble

I had a pleasant afternoon visit to Wolli Creek Regional Park to look for and photograph fungi. I did not find a real lot out, but more corals and waxcaps were starting to appear. Clavulinopsis sp.

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Cooks River Birds – 7 June 2026

Posted on June 14, 2026 by Dave Noble

I had thought about a trip to Wolli Creek to check out the fungi or a trip along the Cooks River to photograph birds, and the easiest thing to do was to do both. I first visited the Cooks River … Continue reading →

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Birds at Long Reef – 6 June 2026

Posted on June 14, 2026 by Dave Noble

It had been a while since I had visited Long Reef, which has lately been the best location in Sydney to photograph Ospreys. The weather was very pleasant, and the tide was high. This was good because the Operas can … Continue reading →

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Fungi and More – Terrys Creek and the Lane Cove River – 5 June 2026

Posted on June 14, 2026 by Dave Noble

I wanted to get an update on fungi along Terrys Creek and along a section of the Lane Cove River, so I caught the metro up to Epping and was soon wallow along the Terrys Creek Track. I walked down … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Wolli Creek – 4 June 2026

Posted on June 12, 2026 by Dave Noble

After a morning spent at Ferndale Park at Chatswood, I travelled by metro and train to Tempe and then crossed the Cooks River into Waterworth Park and after stopping for lunch, I walked up Wolli Creek, through Wolli Creek Regional … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Ferndale Park – 4 June 2026

Posted on June 12, 2026 by Dave Noble

I was keen to do more fungi photo trips after recent rain falls, even though the volume of rain was not that great, and the amount of fungi I had been finding was no where near as much as previous … Continue reading →

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Birdwood Gully Fungi – 3 June 2026

Posted on June 10, 2026 by Dave Noble

After finding some good fungi the previous day in the Lane Cove River Valley, I thought it could be worth heading to Birdwood Gully at Springwood to see how the fungi was going there. I did not find a huge … Continue reading →

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Lane Cove National Park Fungi – 2 June 2026

Posted on June 10, 2026 by Dave Noble

I made a repeat visit to the location in Lane Cove National Park that I had observed some interesting fungi a few days earlier to check on their progress. I was hoping some more of the Parrot Waxcaps (Gliophorus psittacinus … Continue reading →

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Cooks River Birds – 31 May 2026

Posted on June 10, 2026 by Dave Noble

After the Wolli Creek Bird Survey, I went home for lunch. But, I later ventured out again for short walk along part of the Cooks River, between Illawarra Road and Gough Whitlam Park  to see and photograph more birds. Here … Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek Bird Survey – 31 May 2026

Posted on June 10, 2026 by Dave Noble

I took part in the bird survey in Wolli Creek Regional Park – starting at Girrahween Park to The Flying Fox Camp and back. Here are some of the birds, and other things, we saw –

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