Category Archives: Blue Mountains

Birdwood Gully Nature Walk – 9 August 2022

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Dave Noble

My friend Don suggested a walk to visit Birdwood Gully at Springwood. I hadn’t seen Don for a while and was keen to catch up, and Birdwood Gully is always a nice place to visit. So I travelled to Springwood … Continue reading →

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 27 July 2022

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Dave Noble

I had a look down Sassafras Gully at Springwood for fungi. I had expectations of finding some good fungi out after all the recent rain – but I was disappointed. I found very little out. It looks like there has … Continue reading →

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Gardens of Stone Walk – 17 July 2022

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Dave Noble

My friend Enmoore had been wanting to do a traverse of Mt Banks for a fair while and we had planned to do it this day, but strong winds were forecast, so we adopted Keith’s suggestion for a walk in … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Coachwood Glen – Blackheath – 16 July 2022

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Dave Noble

I spent a very interesting morning with members of the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc at Coachwood Glen on the Megalong Road at Blackheath. We found wide range of fungi. A lot of area was very wet – waterlogged by … Continue reading →

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Mid Mountains Heritage Walk – 14 July 2022

Posted on July 19, 2022 by Dave Noble

Bob and myself travelled up the Blue Mountains and then set off down a creek looking for Aboriginal sites. There was a track down the creek, which we followed, and we also left it quite often to check out overhangs … Continue reading →

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Blue Mountains Waterfalls – Update

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Dave Noble

In 2016, I used Google Sites to create a website of photos of the Waterfalls of the Blue Mountains. Later Google changed the format of their websites and I found I had two versions of the webpages and it was … Continue reading →

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Kings Tableland and Bulls Camp – Heritage Walks – 22 June 2022

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Dave Noble

This was another trip to look at some Aboriginal sites in the Blue Mountains. This time on Kings Tableland. Bob and myself travelled to Wentworth Falls and met up with Pete for the first part of the trip. Pete showed … Continue reading →

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Mt Tomah and Mt Wilson Weekend 18 – 19 June 2022

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Dave Noble

Wendy had planned a weekend trip to visit two of the basalt capped mountains in the Blue Mountains. Her plan was to first visit Mt Tomah and go to the Botanic Gardens there. She was particularly keen to visit the … Continue reading →

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 9 June 2022

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Dave Noble

I was keen to visit Sassafras Gully again, to check the fungi, and to see if any new ones were out. I did find some good specimens, but the wind had played havoc – dessicating many that I saw. I … Continue reading →

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Linden – Woodford Heritage Walk and More – 8 June 2022

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Dave Noble

Bob and myself spent another interesting day in the Blue Mountains exploring a number of heritage sites. On an  earlier trip, we had missed an Aboriginal engraving site. It was not too difficult to get to, so we checked it … Continue reading →

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