Vivid Light Festival – 3 June 2025

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Dave Noble

A friend Enmoore, was working in the city for a couple of days, and she invited me to join her for an a evening seeing the Vivid Festival.

We met at Barangaroo and first visited the installations there. Continue reading →

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 2 June 2025

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Dave Noble

I was keen to check out what fungi may be present in Sassafras Gully at Springwood. I caught an early train to Springwood, and was soon walking down the track at the end of Sassafras Gully Road. I ended up walking to the Lagoon at Glenbrook Creek and then down to the junction of Magdala Creek, and then to Springwood via that creek.

I was hoping to spot some unusual waxcaps, and I did find a few, although perhaps not as many as I was hoping to find.

Here is some of the fungi I spotted along the walk – Continue reading →

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Aurora in Sydney? – 1 June 2025

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Dave Noble

I had been watching the Aurora forecast, and it seemed to be quite reasonable for change of seeing an aurora in Sydney. But I was busy editing Osprey photos and time passed during the evening. So I probably headed out far too late in the evening.

I walked to Marrickville Park and set up my camera and tripod. In the photo above, you can see a glow. Is it an aurora or sky fog or just light pollution. I am not sure, but the glow is restricted to the south. And it was a clear night with plenty of stars visible. The photos were taken about 10:30 pm. The aurora seemed to be best around 8:30 pm. Continue reading →

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Ospreys at Long Reef – 1 June 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

I thought it was about time to head back up to Long Reef to hopefully photograph the local Ospreys again. Conditions were reasonable and I had a good day. There was high tide most of the day.

I arrived at the lookout about 10:30 am and ended up staying till almost 4 pm. There were a number of other bird photographers there during the day, including Celine, Sarath and Simon.

I soon spotted two Ospreys perched in a dead tree on the north side. As I started walking there, one took off and flew my way. Continue reading →

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More Lane Cove Valley Fungi – 31 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

I was keen to head back to a location in Lane Cove National Park to look for more of the waxcaps I had seen two visits earlier. Again, I was hoping that more may have emerged from the soil. But like my last trip – I could not spot any.

But I had a nice walk from Macquarie Park to Turramurra.

Here is some of the fungi I saw along the way. Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek Fungi – 30 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

I had visited Ferndale Park at Chatswood in the morning, and was now visiting Wolli Creek Regional Park. I wanted an update on the fungi from a few days earlier on my previous visit.

Here are some that I found –

Entoloma virescens group

Geoglossum sp. Continue reading →

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Ferndale Park Fungi – 30 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

I was back doing Fungi photography trips. On this day, I visited two venues – Ferndale Park at Chatswood in the morning, then later went to Wolli Ck Regional Park.

Ferndale Park was quite good with a fair bit out.

Humidicutis sp.

Continue reading →

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The Old Kerosene Shale Works at Hartley Vale – 29 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

In 2017, I had been on a walk out along the old shale railway from the Darling Causeway to their end of the ridge, where a single rope incline railway operated. But on that rip, we had not been down the incline to the old mining ruins. They seemed very interesting and well worth visiting.  Important industrial heritage.  But I had assumed the were on private land. This turned out to be only partly true. The incline and old mines are mainly on crown land.  But the first part of the walk out from the Dar sling Causeway passes through private land, and there are important industrial ruins on private land in the valley.

This time, thanks to an old friend, Tom Williams, permission from the landholders had been obtained. Tom also joined Bob and myself on the visit.

Bob and myself met Tom at the top of the Hartley Vale Road, where it meets The Darling Causeway. And we then set off along the old railway formation. Continue reading →

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Birds at the Cook River and Barton Park – 28 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

I had been too many fungi trips recently, and neglected the local birds, so this morning I set off along the Cooks River from Illawarra Road to see what birds were about. I then walked as far as the Princes Highway and caught a bus down to Barton Park. The day turned out to be relatively quiet.

First, on the Cooks River. Continue reading →

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Fungi in Wolli Creek Regional Park – 27 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

I decided on a short trip to Wolli Creek Regional Park to get an update on the fungi after recent rain.

I found a reasonable amount of fungi out. Here is a selection of photos – Continue reading →

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