Author Archives: Dave Noble

Wolli Ck Fungi – 10 July 2024

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Dave Noble

I made a short afternoon trip to see how the fungi was going at Wolli Creek Regional Park. I only checked a few areas, and was disappointed to see not very much interesting fungi out. Gloioxanthomyces chromolimoneus Gliophorus graminicolor

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Greenway Bird Survey – 10 July 2024

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Dave Noble

I joined in on the monthly survey of birds along the Hawthorne Canal section of The Greenway. As usual we started at Taverners Hill Light Rail Station.

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Fungi at The Lane Cove River and Ferndale Park – 9 July 2024

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Dave Noble

After the Mudlarks Bird Survey, I headed home and swapped cameras and lenses and headed to the Lane Cove River to check on the status of the Parrot Waxcaps again. After that, if there was time. I planned to pop … Continue reading →

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Mudlarks – Cooks River Bird Survey – 9 July 2024

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Dave Noble

I was up early, and walked down to the Cooks River to join the Mudlarks for their monthly bird survey. This month, the survey was the upstream loop, starting from the Lang Street Bridge. Before setting out, we saw a … Continue reading →

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Wattamolla to Little Marley Walk – 8 July 2024

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Dave Noble

I once again joined Brian Everingham and other walkers from the National Parks Association of NSW for a very pleasant walk from Wattamolla along the Royal Coast Track to Little Marley and back the same way. This is one of … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Sassafras Gully – 7 July 2024

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Dave Noble

I travelled up to the the Blue Mountains again for a trip down Sassafras Gully at Springwood to see how the fungi was going. Everything was quite wet at Coachwood Glen the day before, but Springwood had experienced less rainfall, … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Coachwood Glen – 6 July 2024

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Dave Noble

I joined the Sydney Fungal Studies Group for their fungal field study at Coachwood Glen on the Megalong Road near Blackheath. It had been about two years since my previous visit to the Glen, and I was a bit chocked … Continue reading →

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Taronga Zoo – 5 July 2024

Posted on July 13, 2024 by Dave Noble

I joined Sue for a day at Taronga Zoo. It had been a while since our last visit, and the new Reptile and Amphibian House was now finally open. We had a great day. There were also some new baby … Continue reading →

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More Aboriginal Art on West Head – 4 July 2024

Posted on July 13, 2024 by Dave Noble

With more wet weather forecast, Bob and myself decided on another visit to West head to continue looking for Aboriginal sites. Wet rock platforms make the often very faint engravings much easier to discern. So that was a good reason … Continue reading →

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Fungi near the Lane Cove River and Blue Gum Reserve – 2 July 2024

Posted on July 13, 2024 by Dave Noble

I visited two places on the day – first visiting a site near the Lane Cove River to check the status of the Gliophorus psittacinus group waxcaps. Then I headed to Blue Gum Reserve at Chatswood. First, the Parrot Waxcaps. … Continue reading →

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