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
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
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.
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
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
Long Reef, on average, has been a very good spot for bird photography lately, particularly for raptors. So, it didn’t take much to decide to head up for another day.
It turned out to be another good day. The weather was quite pleasant, but got a bit cold around the time I left at 3 pm.
When I walked up to the lookout, I spotted an Osprey cruising about. Continue reading
Sue join me for another day on Malabar Headland. As usual, our aim was to observe the resident Peregrine Falcons but we were also happy to see any other raptors. And there are Whales, Dolphins and Seals to look out for.
Near the carpark, we spotted a Black-shouldered Kite sitting on top of a sewer vent. Continue reading
it had been a dull morning while I had been on the Greenway Bird Survey, but in the afternoon the weather fined up nicely, so I headed out for some local bird photography along the Cooks River. It was a very pleasant and worthwhile outing.
I caught buses to the River at Illawarra Road and then started walking downstream on the south side.
I spotted a Little Black Cormorant perched in a tree over the water. Continue reading
I joined the group on the Greenway Bird Survey – along the Dulwich Hill section of The Greenway, starting from Waratah Mills Light Rail Station.
It was a dull morning – overcast with the threat of rain, so the birds were a bit quieter than usual.
Here are some we saw along the route – Continue reading
I decided on another visit to Long Reef on the Northern Beaches. I spent another good day photographing mainly raptors, but also a few Octopuses.
It was low tide during the middle of the day. Here is how the day went –
When I arrived, around 11 am. I spotted an Osprey perched on roots on the south side – Continue reading
Both Bob and myself were keen to visit more Aboriginal sites on Kings Tableland. Perhaps one reason was that the road had recently been graded and was in very good condition. But also, on other recent trips, we had planned to visit some more sites but had run out of time, or the weather had been bad.
On this trip, we were also joined by Doug, who was keen to do the driving. We were soon walking along a rather overgrown fire road on the way to our first site. Continue reading
