I joined the Tempe Birdos for their early morning survey. Being a long weekend, the number of participants was small – so there was only one group that surveyed the Wetlands. Being a cold morning, it was reasonably quiet.
Here are some of the birds we saw. Continue reading
This was actually a heritage walk. Bob, Doug and myself were looking for some Aboriginal art caves in the greater Glenbrook area of Blue Mountains National Park. We had looked for one of these caves on two previous trips but had had no luck. This time we found it, and it was quite interesting. I won’t post any photos however. We looked for but did not find a second cave.
We also visited the well known art cave – Red Hands Cave, and also walked down to Kanuka Brook and looked at The Crayfish Pool and the nearby waterfall, which some people call Grey Hat Falls. Continue reading
Sue joined me for a great day out on Malabar Headland. We went to see Peregrine Falcons and whales. we were not disappointed.
Sue’s bus was running late, so I planned to meet her on Magic Point. The sandstone was magnificent. Continue reading
This was another afternoon visit to Barton Park and Landing Lights Wetland. This one turned out to be very quiet – I only photographed the usual resident birds.
New Holland Honeyeater
Superb Fairy-wren Continue reading
Valerie joined me for a day at Taronga Zoo. When we arrived we checked out the new Australian animal section. It was very impressive.
Here are some of the animals in that section – Continue reading
This was another pleasant day spent at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. Despite some rain, I had a good day photographing a range of birds.
Here are some that I saw – Continue reading
This was a repeat of walk I had done on 16 May, from Macquarie Park to Chatswood, visiting three main sites to check out the fungi.
I first visited a spot on the Lane Cove River where there is a small patch of rainforest. Continue reading
I joined a group down to Bola Creek in Royal National Park surveying the fungi. The event was an activity of the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc. Despite somewhat dry conditions, we found a good abundance of interesting fungi in the area.
Here is some of what we observed. Note that the dry conditions meant that some of the fungi was a bit dried out which makes identification more difficult. Continue reading
This was another afternoon session at Barton Park observing and photographing the birdlife there. Most of my visit was at Landing Light Wetland. No sign of the Spotted Crakes this time, but I did see the Scarlet Robin.
Here are some of the birds I saw – Continue reading
In September last year, Bob and myself had visited the Bonnie Doon Reserve area at Katoomba. One of our aims then was to look for and hopefully traverse the old tracks that had been made by the original owner of the property – John Britty North. An extensive network of private tracks had been constructed that linked up to the Six Foot Track at Nellys Glen. The tracks were made late in the 19th century.
These tracks form a route through some rugged and interesting country, past a series of waterfalls, along narrow ledges, past a large detected pinnacle and up through the heart of gorge to reach the top of the major cliffline. At one point, the track crosses a creek half way up a waterfall on slippery ledge, poised above a precipice. Continue reading
