I spent a very pleasant day, with Valerie and Sue wandering upstream along the Cooks River from Tempe to Canterbury. Along the way we spotted many nice birds. The highlight, perhaps, was spotting two Satin Bowerbirds.
Here are some of my photos, starting from near Tempe. Crossing over the river from Tempe Station, we spotted a juvenile Little Heron flying across the River. We later located it perched in the mangroves. Continue reading
I met up with Sue at Maroubra Beach and then we headed out to spend most of the day out in Malabar Headland National Park.
Whenever we visit Malabar Headland, we hope to observe Peregrine Falcons, but it is best to go during the courting and breeding season.
On the walk out there were lots of New Holland Honeyeaters hunting for insects. Continue reading
I was headed up to Springwood to catch up with Wendy and Don. Our plan was to spend the morning visiting Birdwood Gully and then have lunch in the town.
Birdwood Gully was magnificent. Here is a selection of what we spotted – Continue reading
After the morning bird survey along the Greenway, I decided to visit Wolli Creek Regional Park in the afternoon to see what fungi was out. I walked along the Two Valleys Track between Bexley North and Turrella.
Lycoperdon perlatum
Tremella mesenterica Continue reading
I took part in the survey along the Dulwich Hill section of The Greenway. The weather was cool, and perhaps due to that there was not that much birdlife about this time.
Here are some photos.
Rainbow Lorikeet
Back in August 2026, Bob and myself had visited two historic horse troughs that had been removed from their original location in Royal National Park and dumped at the NPWS tip at Artillery Hill. We had hoped that heritage items like these troughs would have had had a better fate. But apparently due to lobbying by the Friends of Bills Horse Troughs, the National Parks and Wildlife Service had decided to place the two horse troughs at Allambie Flat at Audley. This they had done, and they were having a ceremony to mark their new home.
The first of the troughs is a Bills Horse Trough –
A professional stone mason had been employed to work on the troughs and he has done an amazing job, removing algae and repairing chips. Continue reading
Bob, Doug and myself headed out to Maroota to look for some Aboriginal art sites we had recently heard about. On earlier trips we had visited several engravings sites in the Maroota area. This trip, we were hoping to find two cave art sites.
The first cave we visited was out along a ridge in what I think is now Maroota Nature Reserve. We followed a very overgrown fire road at first. Continue reading
I spent an enjoyable day at Long Reef, mainly photographing the Ospreys.
When I arrived, I looked down and spotted an Osprey in flight –
At the bottom on the beach, I spotted an Osprey perched – Continue reading
I spent a pleasant day in the Blue Mountains at Springwood with Sue and Valerie. We travelled up by train, and after a coffee stop, we headed down Magdala Creek via Fairy Dell. I was interested in seeing what fungi was out.
We did find a fair bit of interesting fungi, but the abundance was not huge. We walked down the valley and then came back the same way, except on the way out we exited via Lawson Lookout. Continue reading
I spent a very pleasant day at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside with Valerie and Sue. It was mostly fine during our visit – except for a storm during the morning.
It was relatively quiet when we arrived. We looked along the ponds for Kingfishers but had no luck spotting any.
We did see some Water Dragons – Continue reading
