Category Archives: Blue Labyrinth

Red Gum Park and Minnatonka Falls – 24 December 2015

Red Gum Park at Bullaburra was one place I had never visited, and I had a few spare hours on Christmas Eve, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to make a visit. I found it an interesting … Continue reading

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Glenbrook Creek – a Wet Walk – 3 November 2015

I was keen to get out of the city, despite a forecast for showers. Checking the forecast carefully, it seemed that the highest probability for rain was in the afternoon, so I thought that at least I would get in … Continue reading

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Blue Mountains Canyoning – 25 October 2015

We had camped at Victoria Falls Lookout at Mt Victoria. Although there were quite a few cars in the carpark, we had the campground at the lookout to ourselves. There are good views at the lookout of the Grose Valley … Continue reading

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Lawson and Hazelbrook Waterfall Walk – 30 July 2015

I spent a pleasant day walking around some of the waterfalls to the south of Lawson and Hazelbrook in the Blue Mountains. I was also looking to see if any fungi was still out – very little was, so I … Continue reading

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 23 July 2015

Another trip to record the fungi that were out. Despite having been fairly dry – a fair bit were out in selected parts of Sassafras Gully. Here is a selection of what I saw, which included a large variety of hygrocybes … Continue reading

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Sassafras Gully – A Look for More Fungi – 9 July 2015

This was another of my regular trips to Sassafras Gully to look for and photograph fungi. It had been quite dry for the period before the visit, so I was not too hopeful. The first fungi I found, was indeed … Continue reading

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More Fungi Photography – 19-28 June 2015

In recent days the abundance of fungi near Sydney has been amazing. I’m not sure whether it is due to suitable weather for fungi fruiting (cool and wet) or due to better observing and increased knowledge of what and where to … Continue reading

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More Fungi from Sassafras Gully – 11 June 2015

After a recent trip down Sassafras Gully, I was keen to return to see how the fungi was going. I had found some strange fungi on the last trip and I was interested to see if any more was out. … Continue reading

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More Colourful Fungi at Sassafras Gully – 3 June 2015

I returned to visit Sassafras Gully at Springwood again. Despite fairly dry weather a lot of fungi was out – and it was very nice fungi too. Very colourful. Some of the fungi that I spotted are perhaps new species … Continue reading

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Sassafras Gully – Orchids, Fungi and Slime Moulds – 21 May 2015

Sassafras Gully has been one of the places I have been visiting this year on a regular basis to document its fungal resources. This vista I was accompanied by Atli, a nature photographer from Iceland. He also takes very fine … Continue reading

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