Category Archives: Sydney

Photographing the Moon

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Dave Noble

I recently attempted to photograph the moon during a total lunar eclipse. Unfortunately, here in Sydney, we had a fairly cloudy night. I went outside a number of times to see what conditions were like. At one time a few … Continue reading →

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More Cooks River Birds – 25 September 2006

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Dave Noble

Here are a few pictures from my latest attempt to photograph some of the bird life of the Cooks River.  

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Cooks River Birds – 19 September 2014

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Dave Noble

It had been a while since I had been down to the Cooks River to photograph the birdlife. I wandered down today with my camera to see what birds were around. It was the middle of the day, and most … Continue reading →

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North Head Walk – 8 September 2014

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Dave Noble

My friends, David and Melissa, from Hobart were in town. A nice day was forecast and I suggested some coastal walking. They decided to walk out and around North Head and invited me to join them. This was my first … Continue reading →

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Gore Hill to Balls Head Walk – 3 September 2014

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Dave Noble

I headed up to Lane Cove Bushland Park at Gore Hill to see if there were any end of season fungi out. There was nothing that I found worth photographing, despite recent rain. So, I took a few photos of … Continue reading →

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Old Railway Tunnels – Helensburgh – Otford Area – 8 August 2014

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Dave Noble

On a recent trip, I had been to Kellys Falls at Helensburg with Digi Dave. On that trip, I had suffered a careless misfortune. When rotating a polaroid filter off the camera lens it had unscrewed and fallen down a waterfall. … Continue reading →

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Interesting Fungi at Wolli Creek – 12 July 2014

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Dave Noble

I took part in the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc field activity day at Wolli Creek. This was a joint activity with Wolli Creek Preservation Society. On the day, we met at Girrawheen Park at Earlwood and then divided into … Continue reading →

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Barrenjoey Bushcare – 6 July 2014

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Dave Noble

I joined a group of friends (Stu, Enmoore, Brent, Su Li, George and others) for another morning of bush regeneration at Barrenjoey. We walked around the headland on the coastal side to get out of the wind and then started … Continue reading →

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South Head – Whale Watching – 30 June 2014

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Dave Noble

I caught a bus out to The Gap at Watsons Bay for some whale watching. I walked out to the lookout at the south end of South Head near the naval base. I spent a while looking with binoculars without seeing … Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek – a look for fungi – 17 June 2014

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Dave Noble

I had another recent look for fungi along Wolli Creek. A few weeks earlier I and been along the creek and handn’t even unpacked my camera. Since then it has been wetter and colder. But perhaps not wet enough to bring … Continue reading →

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