Category Archives: Bushwalking

Wollangambe Crater Walk – 30-31 July 2016

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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Chatswood to Macquarie Park Fungi Walk – 27 July 2016

This was an excellent day of fungi spotting and photography. Conditions were quite good. I started at Chatswood Station and walked down to Ferndale Park, then a short road walk to  Blue Gum Reserve, and I followed a rough track down Blue … Continue reading

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Upper Grose River Walk – 23 – 24 July 2016

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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Lane Cove – Chatswood Fungi – 21 July 2016

I did a nice walk from Macquarie Park to Chatswood to look for and photograph fungi. I started out from Macquarie Park Station, then entered Lane Cove National Park, walked down to Porters Creek, then headed back upstream along the … Continue reading

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Epping to Hornsby Walk – 19 July 2016

Bob suggested a walk along the Great North Walk track from Epping to Hornsby. So we set off down the track and later access road along Devlins Creek and soon found ourselves on the Lane Cove River. We then headed … Continue reading

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Taffys Rock Walk – 13 July 2016

This was an interesting walk with Bob to a place neither of us had visited – Taffys Rock in Ku-ring-gai National Park. Our route was along the Great North Walk to a point overlooking Jerusalem Bay and then along a … Continue reading

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 12 July 2016

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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Wises Track – Royal National Park – 11 July 2016

Brian had invited me to join him on a walk he had organised at last minute for the National Parks Association to Wises Track at Royal National Park. The main ideas was to look out for and photograph some birds … Continue reading

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Berowra to Wahroonga Walk – 6 July 2016

This was a pleasant daywalk in the northern suburbs. The weather forecast was not good and Bob and myself decided on a walk that was relatively sheltered. As it turned out, the weather was not too bad while we were … Continue reading

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Lane Cove Valley Fungi – 1 July 2016

This was another walk from Thornleigh to Porters Creek along the Lane Cove Valley to look for fungi. I found a reasonable amount out, but perhaps not as much as my previous trip, and like that one I found no … Continue reading

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