Category Archives: Sydney

Ferndale Park Fungi – 22 May 2017

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Dave Noble

This was my second visit to Ferndale Park. I was in the Chatswood area in the morning, so wandered over to the park in the afternoon. I was mainly interested in observing changes in the pink waxcaps. Some had changed … Continue reading →

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Ferndale Park at Chatswood – Fungi – 20 May 2017

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Dave Noble

This was my first visit to Ferndale Park at Chatswood for the season. Peter Woodard had been reporting that the “pink waxcaps” had returned. This was early compared to last year, when they came out late July. They are an … Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek Fungi – 19 May 2017

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Dave Noble

This was another walk along the Two Valleys Track at Wolli Creek. I walked up the track from Bardwell Park, then back, and down to Turrella and ended up at Tempe. Not a lot of fungi was out compared to … Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek – Fungi, Flying Foxes and Birds – 11 May 2017

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Dave Noble

I spent a pleasant few hours wandering along the Two Valleys Track down Wolli Creek. I started at Bexley North and went to a little below Turrella Reserve before exiting via Turrella Station. I was looking for fungi, but there … Continue reading →

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Manly to The Spit Walk – 9 May 2017

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Dave Noble

I enjoyed a very pleasant walk from Manly to The Spit that Brian Everingham led for the National Parks Association of NSW. In the party were Brian, Ken, John, Valerie, Anne, Allen, Gary, Hugh and myself. We met at Circular … Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek Fungi – 8 April 2017

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Dave Noble

This was a joint activity of the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc and the Wolli Creek Preservation Society. After meeting at the picnic tables at Girrahween Park, we broke up into two groups to look for and collect fungi specimens. … Continue reading →

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Bola Creek Fungi – 7 April 2017

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Dave Noble

Digi Dave and myself headed back into Royal National Park for a day of fungi photography at Bola Creek. Being able to spend the whole day there meant we had the time for god look around to locate species and … Continue reading →

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Lane Cove Valley – Fungi – 5 April 2017

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Dave Noble

This was another walk from Thornleigh, down the Great North Walk Track down the Lane Cove River to De Burghs Bridge and the crossing over and along the Riverside Track to Porters Creek and then by road to Macquarie Park … Continue reading →

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More Local Stinkhorns – 3 April 2017

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Dave Noble

More recent rain has brought out more stinkhorns. Too much rain in fact – many of them have been a bit washed out. Here are some photos taken in parks at Dulwich Hill and along the Cooks River. So far … Continue reading →

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Taronga Zoo Visit – 31 March 2017

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Dave Noble

This was another pleasant day photographing the animals at the zoo. This time I was joined by Digi Dave. We started at the Squirrel Monkeys and then headed to the Pygmy Hippo to see if we could see the new … Continue reading →

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