Category Archives: Bushwalking

Donkey Mountain Walk – 13 – 14 May 2016

This was a very pleasant two days spent at Donkey Mountain in the Wolgan Valley. The mountain lies within Gardens of Stone National Park. It is not a large mountain but its top is a maze that you can easily … Continue reading

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 12 May 2016

It had been a while since I had inspected the fungi in Sassafras Gully and thought it about time to make a visit. I had been away in Tasmania and was not sure how dry it had been. I found the … Continue reading

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Fagus and Fungi in Tasmania – 21 April – 5 May 2016

It is delightful to spend the best part of two weeks in the wilds of Tasmania on a fairly relaxing trip. I travelled down to Hobart and then caught a bus to Lake St Clair. My plan was to walk … Continue reading

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Wolli Creek Fungi – 19 April 2016

This was another walk from Bexley North to Tempe along the Two Valleys Track to check out how the fungi was going. It had been raining overnight and it rained on the first part of my walk. I think I … Continue reading

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Sassafras Gully – Fungi and Slime Moulds – 15 April 2016

This was another of my regular trips to Sassafras Gully to record what fungi was out. My previous visit was about two weeks earlier, and that hadn’t been dry good – the fungi out then was quite limited. Since then, there … Continue reading

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Wolli Creek Fungi – 5 April 2016

I’ve been on a few recent trip down the Two Valleys Track along Wolli Creek waiting for the fungi to come out – without any success. This visit was at least a little better. There had been some rain in … Continue reading

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Blue Mountains Weekend – a Walk and a Canyon – 2 – 3 April 2016

I travelled up the mountains with friends John and Chuin Nee and their two young boys, Jasper and Sebastian. At Blackheath, Chuin Nee head off to Heathcliff to join Enmoore and Stu for a day of climbing. John and myself … Continue reading

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 1 April 2016

It had been a while since I had visited Sassafras Gully and I was not that hopeful of finding a lot of fungi because there had not been too much recent rain. This turned out to be the case. I … Continue reading

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Balls Head and Berry Island – 29 March 2016

This was a pleasant day of walking around part of the shore of Sydney Harbour. A good friend, Stephen, from Hobart was passing through Sydney and had most of the day to spare before his flight home. So I met … Continue reading

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The Budawangs at Easter

Wendy invited me to accompany here on a walk at Easter. She wanted to walk in either the Ettrema Area or the Budawangs. We did not decide which area until on the drive down. Our favoured option was Ettrema, but … Continue reading

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