Monthly Archives: August 2025

More Cooks River Birds – 5 August 2025

I returned to the Cooks River – between Illawarra Road and Gough Whitlam Park to continue with the bird photography from the previous afternoon. When I walked down, I did not see any Sacred Kingfishers in their usual perches. Here … Continue reading

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Cooks River Birds – 4 August 2025

After my very poor fungi walk down Wolli Creek in the morning, I decided to pack my bird camera for an afternoon walk along the Cooks River to see what birds were around. I walked downstream from Illawarra Road to … Continue reading

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Looking for Fungi in Wolli Creek Regional Park – 4 August 2025

It was a reasonably dry day, so I decided on a morning visit to Wolli Creek Regional Park to see if any fungi had appeared. I walked from Girrahween Park to Turrella Reserve. I only found one fresh mushroom. Gliophorus … Continue reading

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Palestine Humanity – Sydney Harbour Bridge Protest Rally – 3 August 2025

I, together with several hundred thousand others, banded together for a protest march over Sydney Harbour Bridge.  It was a coming together of people appalled by what has been happening recently in Gaza. It was a large but peaceful and … Continue reading

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Cattai National Park, Heritage Horse Troughs and a Walk to Poetry Rock – 31 July 2025

Sydney and been going through a period of wet weather, and Bob and myself decided to take advantage of the rain by looking for some Aboriginal engravings. These engraving are often very faint and extremely hard to discern – but … Continue reading

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