Category Archives: Blue Mountains

More Sassafras Gully Fungi – 6 August 2016

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Dave Noble

With the fungi season drawing to a close I wanted to visit Sassafras Gully at least one more time to see if any more waxcaps (members of the family Hygrophoraceae) were out. So far the season has been fairly poor … Continue reading →

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Asgard Plateau Walk – 3 August 2016

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Dave Noble

The Asgard Plateau lies at the head of the Grose Valley, and can be accessed quite easily from the road to Victoria Falls Lookout. It is a beautiful and spectacular area and one that is generally quite easy for bushwalking. … Continue reading →

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Minnatonka Falls – Bullaburra – 3 August 2016

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Dave Noble

I was heading up the mountains with Bob, and we were on our way to Mt Victoria for a walk on the Asgard Plateau. On the way, we decided to make a quick visit to Red Gum Park at Bullaburra to … Continue reading →

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Wollangambe Crater Walk – 30-31 July 2016

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Dave Noble

This was a pleasant weekend walk from Bell to Wollanagmbe Crater and back the same way. Su Li and Brent organised he walk, and they were joined by Martin, Steffy and myself. It was fine but cool weather. We set … Continue reading →

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Sassafras and Birdwood Gully Fungi – 28 July 2016

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Dave Noble

This was a return trip to Sassafras Gully at Springwood to have a better look around for waxcaps in the middle part of  the creek and also I had time for a look in for fungi in a short section … Continue reading →

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 25 July 2016

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Dave Noble

This was my next trip in my regular series of walk down Sassafras Gully to record and photograph the fungi. I was hoping for a lot of colourful waxcaps to be out, especially after many good finds in areas close to … Continue reading →

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Upper Grose River Walk – 23 – 24 July 2016

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Dave Noble

This was a pleasant walk down the upper part of the Grose River from Mt Victoria to Blackheath. On the way we visited Blue Gum Forest. The weather forecast was for fine but cold and windy weather. So a walk … Continue reading →

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 12 July 2016

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Dave Noble

This was my next fungi walk along Sassafras Gully at Springwood to investigate the changing fungi there. I was hopeful that more fungi had come out, in particular I was hoping to see a lot more waxcaps out. On the … Continue reading →

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Bottleneck Pass and The Devils Hole – 29 June 2016

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Dave Noble

This was a nice daywalk with Bob and Rob. None of us had visited Bottleneck Pass, but knew it was found  on the Elphinstone (Radiata) Plateau of Katoomba. There are some notes on the pass on Alan Wells website and … Continue reading →

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 23 June 2016

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Dave Noble

This was the next in my regular series of walk to Sassafras Gully to check out the fungi. The day before, I had been to Bola Creek and the fungi there had been quite good. In particular, a lot of waxcaps … Continue reading →

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