Category Archives: Bushwalking

The Emerald Pool Loop and Ironbark Falls – 4 July 2019

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Dave Noble

I was back from Tasmania and Bob was keen on a mid-week bushwalk. The weather forecast was not looking too good – showers. So we decided not to go up the mountains, and instead chose to visit a place neither … Continue reading →

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Fungi in Sassafras Gully – 3 July 2019

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Dave Noble

It had been a while since I had visited Sassafras Gully at Springwood looking for fungi. It is one of the places I have been visiting regularly, but it had been fairly dry in the lower Blue Mountains compared to … Continue reading →

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Tasmania – The Overland Track 15 – 20 June 2019

Posted on July 13, 2019 by Dave Noble

I was pleased to be able to join my sister Alicson, for a walk along The Overland Track. Her husband, Shane, was originally coming along as well, but a knee injury not long before the walk, meant he would be … Continue reading →

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Tasmania – Fungi and Waterfalls at Castra Falls Scenic Preserve – 13 June 2019

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Dave Noble

This was perhaps the best day of fungi hunting that I went on in Tasmania. It was to a place – Castra Falls, near Preston, that I had not been to before. I was accompanied by my sister and brother … Continue reading →

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Vale – Tony Norman

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Dave Noble

I was very saddened to hear of the recent passing of an old bushwalking friend, Tony Norman. He perhaps should be addressed as Dr Anthony Norman. But to his bushwalking mates, and probably many other of his friends, he was … Continue reading →

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Strattons Amphitheatre Walk – 6 June 2019

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Dave Noble

Strattons Amphitheatre is a cave, in the Springwood area, possibly an aboriginal site, that has some old graffiti on one of its walls. As well as the cave, there is also a waterfall, and the creek there flows in a … Continue reading →

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Walk to the Deer Pool and Little Marley Beach – 5 June 2019

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Dave Noble

A wet day was forecast, and we certainly had some rain on the walk – but it was quite a pleasant outing. This was a walk led by Brian Everingham for the National Parks Association of NSW. With the adverse … Continue reading →

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Mid Mountains Heritage Walk – 30 May 2019

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Dave Noble

Bob and myself were heading up the mountains to go to a similar area that we had visited twice before in recent weeks. On those occasions we had looked for aboriginal sites without any luck. This time we had done … Continue reading →

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Woodford Dam Walk – 22 May 2019

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Dave Noble

The week before, I had been on a walk with Bob, from Faulconbridge to Hazelbrook. After a bit more research, Bob was keen to go back to part of the same area to look for some Aboriginal sites. We set … Continue reading →

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Faulconbridge to Hazelbrook Walk – 16 May 2019

Posted on May 25, 2019 by Dave Noble

I had suggested to Bob, that we visit the site of an old sawmill in a gully north of Faulconbridge sometime. The path to the sawmill is via the route used by an old funicular railway. By the time we … Continue reading →

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