I made another trip to a particular spot in Lane Cove National Park to see if any more Parrot Waxcaps had appeared. When I arrived, I found the ones I had seen on the previous trip had all fallen to bits, but after a lot of looking I was pleased to spot one fresh one.
Gliophorus psittacinus group
Here is another photo of it – Continue reading
I had time to visit Wolli Creek Regional Park in the afternoon, to see what fungi was out. I did not find a real lot, but what I did find was quite nice. Here are some photos –
Hygrocybe aurantipes
In the morning, I took part in the bird survey along The Greenway – Dulwich Hill Section. It was cool and the birds were a bit quiet.
Here are a few photos –
Rainbow Lorikeets
This was another day finding amazing fungi in Birdwood Gully at Springwood and then trying to document it with my camera.
Here is a selection of photos of some of the fungi I found – Continue reading
On the previous Wattamolla Walk, I recalled an earlier walk, Brian Everingham, the walks leader, saying that that the feature marked on the current map and signposts as “Providential Point” is actually “Boy Martin Head”, and the real “Providential Head” (not “Point”) is actually on the north side of the cove.
This is supported by an engraving “Martin” on the southern point. So, I thought I would look at some old maps. But first the current topographic map – Continue reading
On the previous whale watching trip to Wattamolla, I had thought about exploring some routes used by rock fishermen. And I suggested this to Bob, and he was keen to explore them too, and he researched some of the sea caves along that bit of coast. So we headed down to Royal National Park and were joined by Nipper and Airdrie. We had a most interesting walk.
We started off from the carpark, up the old track (now a road) past the water tank, to the top of the hill, going south and then set off along the Royal Coast Track. Continue reading
With unsettled weather, I have had to settle for short local trips between rain showers. I made it to the Cooks River for an afternoon wander with my camera. I met up with Sue and we had a pleasant time spotting birds.
Its always nice to look out for a spot the local Sacred Kingfishers. As I walked down the river from Illawarra Road, I saw two perched on a branch – Continue reading
Wendy wanted to travel down from her home in the Blue Mountains to the city and see some whales. Valerie was also keen on a whale watching excursion, so we decide on a visit to the sea cliffs near Wattamolla.
We had a very pleasant day out on the cliffs. Being a weekend, it was quite busy with lots of walkers and whale watchers.
We walked along the Royal Coast Track to the headland south of the Providential Cove at Wattamolla. We found a nice sunny spot to sit and wait for whales. Continue reading
I attended the field study with the Sydney Fungal Studies Group held at the Waterfall Reserve at Mt Wilson. At present, the Mt Wilson road is closed to visitors due to an instability. We were fortunate to obtain special permission with Blue Mountains Council allowing a limited number of cars from the group to be able to undertake the field study.
Here is some of the fungi found be the group – Continue reading
I had a few hours spare during the day, so made a trip to Wolli Creek Regional Park to photograph the fungi there.
I did not find too much difference to my previous visit, although I did not visit the upstream section went of Bardwell Park Station. Continue reading
