Category Archives: Blue Mountains

Birdwood Gully – Mainly Fungi – 11 April 2022

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Dave Noble

I spent an enjoyable day wandering around Birdwood Gully at Springwood. The fungi is starting to pick up at last. On this trip, I entered the gully from Boland Avenue, near the Station, as usual and walked all the way … Continue reading →

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Fungi in Sassafras Gully – 4 April 2022

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Dave Noble

It had been a while since I had visited Sassafras Gully at Springwood to check out the fungi. I was also on the lookout for birds. The fungi turned out to be reasonable, but I had expected better. On this … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Mt Wilson – 2 April 2022

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Dave Noble

This was another field activity of The Sydney Fungal Studies Group. We met at the Waterfall Reserve at Mt Wilson and then walked slowly around the loop track looking for any fungi that was out. Conditions were quite good. Rain … Continue reading →

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Birdwood Gully – Fungi, Orchids and Birds – 22 March 2022

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Dave Noble

The trains to the Blue Mountains were running again – at least to Springwood. So I decided that a trip up to look for fungi would be in order. However the normal mountains express trains were not running from the … Continue reading →

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Goochs Crater Walk – 17 March 2022

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Dave Noble

Bob and myself decided to walk to Goochs Crater. Its a place we had both been to many time before including recently, but we both had not seen it full of water. Photos of it recently posted on social media … Continue reading →

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Looking for Eleanor Falls – Sassafras Gully via the Victory Track – 27 February 2022

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Dave Noble

Wet weather was forecast , but not as wet as the previous few days, so I caught an early train to Faulconbridge, and was soon walking down the Victory Track. The water in the creek was nice and high – … Continue reading →

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Murphys Glen and Pyramid Falls – 24 February 2022

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Dave Noble

I was heading up the mountains with Bob and what was forecast to be a wet day. So we had dismissed any ideas for canyoning and then considered some other options. We decided to first visit Murphys Glen in Blue … Continue reading →

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Sassafras Gully at Springwood – Historical Notes

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Dave Noble

This is a work in progress. Last revision 6 February 2024. I grew up at Springwood and as a child was a frequent visitor along the tracks in Sassafras Gully, and also learnt to swim on family bushwalks to the … Continue reading →

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Back to Birdwood Gully – 18 February 2022

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Dave Noble

I decided to make another visit to Birdwood Gully at Springwood to see how the fungi was going. However I left out an important item of equipment – the camera and macro lens I use to take my fungi photos. … Continue reading →

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Wollangambe Canyon – 17 February 2022

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Dave Noble

It was time for another canyoning trip with Bob. Last week we had visited Claustral Canyon. This week, we decided to visit the Tourist Section of Wollangambe Canyon. That would allow us to check out the syphon that had  killed … Continue reading →

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