I wanted to see if any fungi was out along the Lane Cove River, so decided to walk from Thornleigh to the river, and then downstream to Browns Waterhole and then up Terrys Creek to Eastwood. On the way, I did find some nice fungi and slime moulds.
Here is some of what I found – Continue reading
It was a good day for some canyoning, and I had suggested to Bob that a trip to Twister and Rocky Creek Canyons could be nice. We both knew Rocky Creek Canyon very well – we were on the trip back in 1976 when the canyon we found the canyon. But Bob had never been to Twister Canyon.
We set off from the carpark at Galah Mountain and soon found ourselves in Twister Canyon. We moved through fairy quick – climbing down all the drops. I didn’t bother taking any photos – preferring to spend more time in Rocky Creek Canyon. Continue reading
I was keen to have a look at Bola Creek in Royal National Park to see what fungi was out. Digi Dave had suggested a visit – and I was pleased to join him. We found a reasonable amount of fungi out.
Once we had visited the creek area, we walked out via the Forest Track. Continue reading
I spent another nice day at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside photographing the birds.
Like previous visits, I wanted to get better photos of the Kingfishers, but I only had fleeting glimpse of them – and only managed a few photos. Here are some of the Azure Kingfishers – Continue reading
This was a very pleasant walk down Sassafras Gully at Springwood to look for and photograph the fungi. I found a reasonable amount out.
I started from the track at the end of Sassafras Gully Road and walked down to the Lagoon at Glenbrook Creek, then continued to the Magdala Creek junction. I then followed Magdala Creek to Springwood via Fairy Dell. Continue reading
I spent another nice day looking for birds at the wetlands at Wyong.
on the walk to the wetlands, I saw a Masked Lapwing – Continue reading
After the bird survey in the morning, in the afternoon, I caught a bus to Bexley North and then walked down the Two Valleys Track along Wolli Ck to Tempe. I then walked up the Cooks River and back to home. I was on the lookout for mainly fungi and birds.
Here are some of the fungi I saw along the way – Continue reading
I spent the early part of the morning out along the Greenway with the members of the Inner West Environment Group. We surveyed the birds near Waratah Mills Light Rail Station.
Here are some of the birds we saw – Continue reading
I had been meaning to head up to the Northern beaches for a while in order to see some migratory birds at Long Reef. I had not managed a trip due to unfavourable weather or tides. Now I had a chance to make a visit. The low tide period was in the afternoon, so I spent the early part of the day on the sea cliffs seeing if any Peregrine Falcons were about. I found one.
It stayed around long enough for me to get some nice photos of it flying, and one take-off sequence. Continue reading
Many years ago, I had been on a walk in the then proposed Gardens of Stone National Park, when we tried to go down a creek we found ourselves in a short canyon. I cannot recall who was on the trip, but I think it did include Andrew Cox and Keith Muir. I will have to hunt out the slides. When we got to a waterfall in the canyon, we turned back and climbed out and found a way around. I am not sure if we didn’t have sufficient rope to abseil or could not see an good belay point. But I can remember calling the canyon Alcatraz Canyon because it was near the Newnes Forest Prison Farm.
This trip, with Bob, was the first time I have returned to that creek. The canyon is very short – but well worth doing – especially with a good flow of water. Continue reading
