Wolli Creek – Fungi and Orchids – 9 August 2025

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Dave Noble

I decided to make a visit to part of Wolli Creek Regional Park to see if any late season fungi had appeared after recent good falls of rain. I did not find much out.

Gliophorus sp.

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Another Visit to the Cooks River – 8 August 2025

Posted on August 9, 2025 by Dave Noble

I joined Valerie and Sue for another walk along the Cooks River. We started at Beaman Park (from Wardell Road),and continued down to Gough Whitlam Park, where we hoped to stop for coffee at the newly reopened cafe.

Here are some photos – Continue reading →

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Walking at Blackheath – The Beauchamp Crack, Clifftop Track and Braeside Track – 7 August 2025

Posted on August 9, 2025 by Dave Noble

I had suggested a walk at Blackheath to Bob, where we could see the new landslide on Carne Wall and also do circuit around the Braeside Track from Evans Lookout, perhaps linking it with Popes Glen. Some of these tracks had had recent track work, and it would be good to see how they were. Bob suggested that we could also visit the Beauchamp Crack. This sounded like a good plan, so we started from Evans Lookout.

At the carpark we encountered a Lyrebird foraging nearby. Continue reading →

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Back to the Raptors of Long Reef – 6 August 2025

Posted on August 9, 2025 by Dave Noble

I spent another day at Long Reef. Again I concentrated on photographing the raptors – Ospreys and a Sea Eagle.

The seas were very big – Continue reading →

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More Cooks River Birds – 5 August 2025

Posted on August 9, 2025 by Dave Noble

I returned to the Cooks River – between Illawarra Road and Gough Whitlam Park to continue with the bird photography from the previous afternoon.

When I walked down, I did not see any Sacred Kingfishers in their usual perches.

Here are some Little Black Cormorants – Continue reading →

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Cooks River Birds – 4 August 2025

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Dave Noble

After my very poor fungi walk down Wolli Creek in the morning, I decided to pack my bird camera for an afternoon walk along the Cooks River to see what birds were around.

I walked downstream from Illawarra Road to Gough Whitlam Park, and then back upstream. A short way down the path, I spotted two birders. They had spotted a Sacred Kingfisher. I was ready with my camera. Continue reading →

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Looking for Fungi in Wolli Creek Regional Park – 4 August 2025

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Dave Noble

It was a reasonably dry day, so I decided on a morning visit to Wolli Creek Regional Park to see if any fungi had appeared. I walked from Girrahween Park to Turrella Reserve.

I only found one fresh mushroom.

Gliophorus sp.

There were lots of Greenhood Orchids, all along the track. Continue reading →

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Palestine Humanity – Sydney Harbour Bridge Protest Rally – 3 August 2025

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Dave Noble

I, together with several hundred thousand others, banded together for a protest march over Sydney Harbour Bridge.  It was a coming together of people appalled by what has been happening recently in Gaza.

It was a large but peaceful and friendly demonstration. There were plenty of family groups, old people with wheelchairs and walkers, Palestinian groups, Jewish groups, trade unions, students etc. Continue reading →

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Cattai National Park, Heritage Horse Troughs and a Walk to Poetry Rock – 31 July 2025

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Dave Noble

Sydney and been going through a period of wet weather, and Bob and myself decided to take advantage of the rain by looking for some Aboriginal engravings. These engraving are often very faint and extremely hard to discern – but the can change when the rock is wet, and also during winter when the Sun (if there is any) is low. So we decided on a second visit to Cattai National Park on the Hawkesbury River and we had a few options for more activities to fill out the afternoon. One was a walk from Bowen Mountain, along a ridge to Poetry Rock, a lookout above the lower Grose River.

Cattai National Park

Bob and myself had visited Cattai National Park before and found a number of Aboriginal sites – but these were almost all sharpening grooves. Now, with a bit more research, we found we had missed some engravings. Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek Birds – 29 July 2025

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Dave Noble

I had some time free in the morning and was keen to go outdoors, so I headed over to Earlwood for a quick visit to Wolli Creek Regional Park. I was interested to see if any fungi was out – but found virtually none. So I concentrated on some of the birds.

I just photographed a beautiful male Golden Whistler – Continue reading →

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