I got home early from my Lane Cove fungi walk, so later that afternoon I cycled down to the Cooks River, with my camera to see what birds were out. At the Boat Harbour, I soon spotted two tawny Frogmouths perched in a tree.
I managed to get some photos – Continue reading
I did short walk down part of the Lane Cove Valley looking for fungi. On this occasion, I started from Thornleigh, walked out to Thornleigh Oval, then down the Great North Walk Track to Devlins Creek, then walked out to Cheltenham.
Here are some of the fungi that I saw – Continue reading
This was a pleasant and interesting walk from Taronga Zoo around the harbour on the Coastal Track to Middle Head. It was led by Brian Everingham for the National Parks Association of NSW.
As well as Brian and myself, there were Gary S, Gail, Karen, Anne, Claire, Esther, Sue W, Paul, Sue B, Gary L and Terry. Most fo the party met at Circular Quay and then travelled to the zoo via Ferry. Continue reading
This was a solo photographic walk along the Coastal Track in Royal National Park. I started the walk from Otford and finished at Bundeena.
On this trip, I concentrated on photos near the rock platforms south of Burning Palms. These rock platforms can get quite crowded with Instagrammers, and to get good landscape photos you need low tides and swell to access the platforms and wait until the Instagrammers have left. Hopefully! Continue reading
I spent a pleasant few hours cycling out to Barton Park and visiting the Landing Lights Wetland.
Dollar Bird
Not that many birds were out. The usual birds were there – Black-winged Stilts and some White-faced Herons. No Avocets this visit. I did spot a nice Black-fronted Dotterel. These small birds are usually very shy, but this one flew down quite close to me. Continue reading
My second trip to Bola Creek in Royal National Park to look for and photograph fungi was an activity of The Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc.
Insect infected with a mould
On this visit there seemed to be more out than two days before. We found a good variety of slime moulds. Here are some – Continue reading
With fungi, you need to be opportunistic – and be prepared to venture out not long after reasonable rain. I was keen to check out how Sassafras Gully at Springwood was. It was quite good – in particular for slime moulds.
On this trip – I set off down the track from Sassafras Gully Road, and walked as far as Glenbrook Creek and returned the same way. The abundance of fungi was not huge – but what I did find was interesting. More abundant perhaps were the slime moulds. Continue reading
This was an interesting and rewarding day where I was joined by Digi Dave. We headed down to Bola Creek in Royal National Park with our cameras.
Hyphomycetes
Like Ferndale Park, the day before, not a huge amount of fungi was out, but what we did find was interesting. And we also found quite a few slime moulds. Continue reading
I spent a pleasant few hours at Ferndale Park in Chatswood photographing the fungi and slime moulds. There had been recent rain, but despite this, there was not too much fungi out. But there was a lot of interesting slime moulds.
Here are some slime moulds – Continue reading
Soon after arriving home from Tasmania I was keen to explore the local area to see if any fungi had come out after recent rainfall. So I caught a train to Bexley North and then walked down the Two Valleys Track to Turrella.
There was some fungi out which was nice to see. But I think I was hoping for more. A lot of what I did see were growing from wood. Here are some more photos – Continue reading
