This was a very pleasant morning outing to the Wattamolla area of Royal National Park. It was organised and led by Brian Everingham for the National Parks Association of NSW.
The aim was to wander around – looking for good photographic subjects close to Wattamolla and also the inspect the new work done in the area. Continue reading
I thought it was time to head up to Wyong and visit the Central Coast Wetlands again. I arrived there about 9:15 am and then started looking for birds. The weather on the day was mixed – sunny at times, but there was also some showers.
Latham’s Snipe
Here are some of the birds I saw early on – Continue reading
Some rain was forecast, so I decided on a short trip to Chatswood – to visit Ferndale Park to check out the fungi, and then continue walking down Swaines Creek to the Land Cover River and then follow the river downstream.
The fungi at Ferndale Park was not as abundant as I was hoping. Perhaps still too early in the season, despite recent rain. Anyway, -here is some that I spotted – Continue reading
The weather forecast was not the best – showers. But better on the mountains than the coast. So I decided to head to Springwood and visit Birdwood Gully again – as it isa short walk, and caves along the track do offer shelter in the event of heavy rain.
This turned out to be a good plan. The fungi was quite reasonable and the birds were too. And – I spotted some nice orchids. Continue reading
Bob and myself were heading up the mountains for a day of canyoning. However the weather was not the best – a little wet and quite cool. So Dalpura Canyon sounded like a good canyon to visit, and that would mean we could also check out the pagodas at the end of the Jinki Ridge.
We were lucky, we had virtually no rain while we were out. Continue reading
I joined Brian Everingham and others from the National Parks Association of NSW for a visit to see the birds in the wetlands at Sydney Olympic Park. We had an early start, meeting near Lake Belvedere at 7 am.
in the party were Brian, Valerie, Helen, Allen, Suzanne and myself. The day was quite wet and we did a fair bit of photography under umbrellas. But it was World Wetlands Day and we didn’t mind getting a little wet. Continue reading
This was an excellent day out enjoying Royal National Park. Digi Dave was keen on a day out and we travelled in his van to the sooth end of Lady Carrington Drive. Our plan was to look for fungi along Bola Creek and then walk around the Forest Path – looking for both fungi and birds.
The fungi was not great in abundance, but we did manage to find some nice species. Here is a selection – Continue reading
A hot day was forecast, and t looks like being hot everywhere, so I decided to head to Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside early in the morning and remain there until it got too hot. The plan was to spot and photograph birds.
It turned out to be a reasonable day and I stayed till around 1 pm. By that time the temperature was around 31°C. The warm conditions meant that a lot of the birds were hiding in the shade, and also the noise of cicadas made it hard to hear bird calls (or perhaps the birds thought it not worth competing with the cicadas). Continue reading
This was a very pleasant trip to camp on a ridge in the Upper Blue Mountains with a group of friends. Wendy had suggested the trip and Don had organised it. We were joined by Digi Dave, Enmoore, Pete and Stephanie.
The weather was a littler rainy, but that did not hold us back. We didn’t have far to go and we soon reached the high top on the ridge. We then walked around a bit looking for a good campsite. Continue reading
I spent a nice day on the Northern Beaches visiting various venues to look for birds. I first visited Warriewood Wetlands then Irrawong Reserve, and then back through the Wetlands and along Mullet Creek back to Pittwater Road, and then headed to Long Reef.
Warriewood Wetlands and Irrawong Reserve were both fairly quiet. Perhaps because it was quite a hot day. Here are some of the birds I saw – Continue reading
