Fungi at Ferndale Park and Ospreys on the Lane Cove River – 27 June 2019

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Dave Noble

I had an interesting day in the Lane Cove Valley. I started out at Ferndale Park at Chatswood, where I checked out the fungi. Then I continued down the track along Swaines Creek to the Lane Cove River and then along the riverside track towards Epping Road. Along the way I stopped to photograph a nesting pair of Eastern Osprey.

The Ferndale Park Waxcap

At Ferndale Park, a fair bit of fungi was out. I did find some waxcaps, although not as many as I was hoping for. Here are some – Continue reading →

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Malabar Headland – Birds and Whales – 26 June 2019

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Dave Noble

I spent a very pleasant day out at Malabar Headland National Park. It is whale watching season, and I ddi see quite a few whales. I also saw that both Peregrine Falcons were around – it must be their breeding season.

On the way out to Magic Point, I photographed some of the smaller birds – Superb Fairy-wrens and New Holland Honeyeaters. Continue reading →

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Fungi at Wolli Ck – 25 June 2019

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Dave Noble

Back from Tasmania, I was keen to check out the local fungi. It seems there had been some rain while I away. My first visit was to Wolli Ck.

On this visit I caught a bus to Earlwood, walked down to Girrahween Park, and then followed the Two Valleys Track upstream for a bit, then walked back down and ended up at Turrella Reserve, and from there walked to nearby Turrella Station.  There was not too much fungi out, but conditions were quite moist, so I expected things to improve over the next few weeks. Here is some of what I saw – Continue reading →

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Tasmania – Birds Near Ulverstone 9 – 23 June 2019

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Dave Noble

While I was visiting my sister and brother in law, I took the opportunity to photograph some of the local birdlife.

Many of these birds were photographed in their yard, others were photographed on the coast near their place at the Goat Island Reserve and a few at Narawntapu National Park. Continue reading →

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Tasmania – The Overland Track 15 – 20 June 2019

Posted on July 13, 2019 by Dave Noble

I was pleased to be able to join my sister Alicson, for a walk along The Overland Track. Her husband, Shane, was originally coming along as well, but a knee injury not long before the walk, meant he would be wise to stay at home. But we were very grateful for his help with the logistics – driving us to the start at Lake St Clair and picking us up at Cradle Mountain.

In winter, there is no need to book a spot on the track, or pay a fee, and you can do the walk in the usual North to South direction, or do it, as we intended to do, from South to North. Continue reading →

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Tasmania – Fungi and Waterfalls at Castra Falls Scenic Preserve – 13 June 2019

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Dave Noble

This was perhaps the best day of fungi hunting that I went on in Tasmania. It was to a place – Castra Falls, near Preston, that I had not been to before. I was accompanied by my sister and brother in law. the weather on the day was poor – and sometimes we were walking and photographing under umbrellas.

Silver Falls

We started walking around the circuit in an anticlockwise direction – first visiting Step Falls. Continue reading →

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Tasmania – Fungi at Dooleys Hill – 12 June 2019

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Dave Noble

Still more bad weather in Tasmania preventing us from heading to the mountains. On this day, I made a short visit with my sister to Dooelys Hill at Latrobe. We managed to find a fair bit of fungi before rain hit.

Here are some more photos – Continue reading →

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Tasmania – Fungi at Philosophers Falls – 11 June 2019

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Dave Noble

Philosophers Falls, near Waratah, in the Tarkine, is an excellent place for observing fungi. We found a lot of fungi out, and we found our time used up and we didn’t even make the falls this time.

Here is some of the fungi we saw. First a wide range of waxcaps – Continue reading →

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Tasmania – Fungi at Ferndene – 10 June 2019

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Dave Noble

I had been invited to visit my sister and her husband in Tasmania for some bushwalking. While waiting for some bad weather to finish we did a number of short trips near where they live at West Ulverstone. The first was at the Ferndene Reserve at the base of the Dial Range at Penguin. The fungi was quite good.

A few waxcaps were out, here are some – Continue reading →

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Vale – Tony Norman

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Dave Noble

I was very saddened to hear of the recent passing of an old bushwalking friend, Tony Norman. He perhaps should be addressed as Dr Anthony Norman. But to his bushwalking mates, and probably many other of his friends, he was known as “Norm”. He died suddenly at his home in Melbourne, I think while working at his computer, at the age of 59.

Tony Norman in Spring Creek

I first got to know Norm in the late 1970’s when he joined Sydney University Bushwalkers. As well as bushwalking, climbing and canyoning, his other passion was geology. This was what he studied and made his career. His work took him to many remote parts of the planet. Continue reading →

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