Monthly Archives: April 2021

Birds and Fungi at Sydney Olympic Park – 24 April 2021

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Dave Noble

A small group from the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc were conducting a fungal survey at the Newington Armory area of Sydney Olympic Park. The survey would take a few hours in the morning, so I decided to make a … Continue reading →

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Brownes Path and Blue Gum Forest – 22 April 2021

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Dave Noble

I was keen on doing a longer walk with a few hills, and so Bob and myself decide our walk this week would be along the Bald Head Ridge to Bennett Lookout, then a descent of Brownes Path to the … Continue reading →

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Birds along the Cooks River and at Barton Park – 21 April 2021

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Dave Noble

I went for an afternoon bike ride along the Cooks River to Tempe, and then out to Barton Park – taking my camera to see what birds were out. My first stop was the Boat Harbour. I soon spotted the … Continue reading →

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 20 April 2021

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Dave Noble

Another nice day of bird photography. This time at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. When I arrived, things were very quiet. I looked for Kingfishers with no luck, checked out the ponds – nothing special, then did a walk around the … Continue reading →

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Birds at the Central Coast Wetlands – 19 April 2021

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Dave Noble

It had been a while since my last visit to the Central Coast Wetlands at the old Pioneer Dairy at Wyong. I travelled to Wyong by train and then walked the short distance to the Wetlands. I first looked in … Continue reading →

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Camping Weekend at Asgard Swamp 17 – 18 April 2021

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Dave Noble

We had a birthday to celebrate, and the campsite at Asgard Swamp had been chosen as a suitable venue. Its a short walk from the Victoria Falls Road at Mt Victoria and once there, its a great place to laze … Continue reading →

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Birds at Sydney Park – 16 April 2021

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Dave Noble

I had a few hours free in the late afternoon – so headed out to Sydney Park at St Peters with my camera. Its a very pleasant place to spend some time. I walked around the ponds to see what … Continue reading →

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A Day at The Zoo – Taronga Zoo – 15 April 2021

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Dave Noble

My friends John’s young son, Sebastian wanted to visit the Zoo. It was school holidays, so a trip was arranged. In the group was John, his two sons Jasper and Sebastian, and myself, and at the Zoo we also, at … Continue reading →

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Birdwood Gully and The Gooch Track – 14 April 2021

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Dave Noble

Earlier in the day, I had been to Wentworth Falls with Bob and we had visited two nice but obscure waterfalls. That trip had finished well before lunch, so we next headed to Faulconbridge to look for an interesting site … Continue reading →

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Sapphos Leap and Carters Falls – 14 April 2021

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Dave Noble

I had known of two relatively obscure waterfalls in the Wentworth Falls area for a while but did not know very much information about them. All I knew was that they were in upper Wentworth Creek downstream from the Crematorium, … Continue reading →

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