Pindar Cave Walk – 26 May 2022

Bob suggested a walk to the Pindar Cave in Brisbane Water National Park. It was a place he had never been to. I had visited it – but many many years earlier (over 40 years ago) and my memories had faded. Bob suggested walking from Kariong to the cave and finishing at Wondabyne Station. This seemed a bit complicated with train and bus transport connections all linking, so I suggested out and back from Wondabyne Station. And that was why we did.

Pindar Falls

We travelled in the last carriage of the train,and had notified the guard that we wanted to get off at the station before hand. This is necessary as the train does does not automatically stop at the station even though it appears as a timetabled stop. It only stops on request. And you need to get out the back door of the last carriage. Continue reading

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Fungi at Ferndale Park, Blue Gum Reserve and the Lane Cove River – 25 May 2022

This was an exact repeat of a  fungi walk I had done the week before. Like the previous walk, I visited Ferndale Park and Blue Gum Reserve at Chstwood, then walked down to the Lane Cove River and walked upstream and then went to Macquarie Park Metro Station.

Hygrocybe anomala var. ianthinomarginata

The walk was the same and so was a lot of the fungi, but not all. Continue reading

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 24 May 2022

This was one of the best trips for finding fungi that I have done in recent years. I spotted a lot of very interesting fungi. On my way home I was literally quite astounded by what I had seen. It was a privilege to experience the variety and beauty of this long neglected kingdom.

It was not long since my previous trip to the Gully, eight days earlier, and that had been an excellent trip. So I did have high expectations. I also planned to only visit a small part of the greater Sassafras Gully area to maximise the time I had available search for fungi. In the rainforest – it is very dark and gloomy and it can be hard to spot the often small fungi that I am interested in. And it is close to the winter solstice, so daylight hours are rather short. Continue reading

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Vale – Chris Collier

An old friend, Chris Collier,  passed away recently. He died after a long illness on 19 May 2022. Over a period of years, I did many trips with Chris and his partner Clare – mostly canyons or mountain biking trips. Some were both – mountain biking out to visit remote canyons.

He was a fine person. Thoughtful,considerate and kind. Always cheerful. A good person to call a friend. A good person to do trips with.  Continue reading

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Malabar Headland – 22 May 2022

It had been a while since I had been out on Malabar Headland, so I though I would make another visit to see what birds and whales were around. And it was one of the Sundays the eastern part of the National Park was open to the public.

It turned out to be a fairly quiet day – but it was nice and relaxing to be out in a beautiful environment experiencing Nature. Continue reading

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Wolli Creek Fungi – 21 May 2022

This was an activity of the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc to survey the fungi in Wolli Creek Regional Park. on the day, we were also joined by members of the Wolli Creek Preservation Society. There had been a fair bit of rain in the lead up, but the morning of  the survey seemed reasonable – and we ended up having almost no rain while we were surveying. The fungi we found was also quite reasonable.

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Birdwood Gully – Fungi and Orchids – 20 May 2022

This was a nice trip to Birdwood Gully at Springwood to see what fungi was out. I found a good variety of colourful waxcaps and corals. I also found some orchids.

Here is some of the fungi, staring with the waxcaps. Continue reading

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Eurama – Numantia Falls Walk – 19 May 2022

This was an interesting walk with Bob visiting a number of historic ruins and old tracks at Faulconbridge. Neither of us had visited the ruins before.

The history of the old building can be found here and on the Blue Mountains Local History Blog 

For the trip, Bob drove to Faulconbridge and parked at the station. Then we caught a train to Linden, and then walked back down to Martin Place (Linden). We then followed a rough track along the railway line to the old property. The ruins are on private land which extends right down to Numantia Falls. But we found no fences or keep out signs. Continue reading

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Fungi at Ferndale Park, Blue Gum Reserve and the Lane Cove River – 18 May 2022

This was a full day spent visiting some reserves near Chatswood then walking along the Lane Cove River to another spot and photographing the fungi that was out. The fungi season is starting to improve in a big way!

Gliophorus psittacinus

Ferndale Park

Quite a few waxcaps and colourful coral fungi was out.

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Barton Park and Cooks River Birds – 17 May 2022

I spent a full day along the Cooks River -starting off at Barton Park and then walking back along the Cooks River.

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