Strattons Amphitheatre is a cave, in the Springwood area, possibly an aboriginal site, that has some old graffiti on one of its walls. As well as the cave, there is also a waterfall, and the creek there flows in a deep gorge – almost a canyon. Bob and myself set off to visit the Amphitheatre.
Strattons Amphitheatre
The cave is reached by following an old tourist track. The last part is almost long forgotten and not that easy to follow. Continue reading
A wet day was forecast, and we certainly had some rain on the walk – but it was quite a pleasant outing. This was a walk led by Brian Everingham for the National Parks Association of NSW.
With the adverse forecast, some of the participants pulled out, but that still left – Brian, Paul , Sue, Valerie, Kay and myself. We had showers on and off most of the day, and there were plenty of wet bushes, and it was also quite cold. But not too much suffering was endured. The bush was beautiful. A number of wildflowers were out, the birds were singing (but not when my camera was out) and the sea was powerful. Very powerful indeed. It was the high sea that made the trip memorable. Continue reading
A wet day was forecast, so after attending to some business in the city, I thought I would try to the new North West Metro. So I caught a train to Chatswood and then boarded the metro.
The vehicle is quite different to the trains we have been used to or those on the Inner West Light Rail. It is composed of six carriages with no doors between them – so you look down one long passage. Chairs are only on the sides – so if it was full of people, then many would have to stand. It is a driverless train – there is no driver’s cabin, so you can stand at the front and look out at the rails. This is what I did. Continue reading
I had a very pleasant and interesting day at the Northern beaches photographing birds. I started by catching the B-Line Bus to Warriewood, and walking out to the Wetlands and then through Irrawong Reserve to Irrawong Falls and then back.
Scarlet Honeyeater
Here are some of the birds I photographed. Continue reading
This was another very pleasant day at the Zoo. This time I was joined by Digi Dave. We started by visiting the Tiger enclosure, but the adults and cubs were all asleep so we decided to go back later.
We made a lengthy visit to the Nocturnal House – Continue reading
Bob and myself were heading up the mountains to go to a similar area that we had visited twice before in recent weeks. On those occasions we had looked for aboriginal sites without any luck. This time we had done some more thorough research and we had a better idea where to look.
We had been very close to some sites on both our previous trips, and we had not looked carefully enough. We soon located an interesting Aboriginal art cave. It features about 6 sets of white hand stencils and some other art. Continue reading
I spent a quite relaxing day visiting Malabar Headland National Park. It is now the whale watching season and I was hoping for a few whales. I was also on the lookout for raptors and honeyeaters. It was a sunny, but cold and windy day.
I did quite well spotting whales. I saw quite a few making their way north. Most of them were a fair way out, but still reasonable for photography. Continue reading
I made a visit to Vivid – the Sydney Light Festival on the evening of 28 May 2019. My main aim was to get a series of still of the Opera House and Museum of Contemporary Art for to use to create a possible time lapse movie.
It was a cold windy night, so I didn’t stay too long. I though the light displays on both these building were not that good this year. Continue reading
It had been a while since I had visited Tempe Wetlands. Looking back through my photos from the same period last year, I had photographed a lot of honeyeaters there. So I made another visit. Things, however were fairly quiet. Perhaps this is due to not that much food (blossoms) being available.
I ddi see a few New Holland Honeyeaters. Continue reading
A windy day was forecast, so I thought that if I wanted to go outdoors, then somewhere sheltered could be good, so I chose another visit to the Warriewood Wetlands. My visit was very similar to my previous one visiting the Warriewood Wetlands, Irrawong Reserve, and sport fields near Narrabeen Lagoon.
Scarlet Honeyeater
The Wetlands were relatively quiet except for the Bell Miners. Continue reading
