Royal National Park is a joy and wonder to visit this time of the year. The wildflowers are blooming, the birds are very active feeding and showing off to prospective mates and the landscape is so beautiful.
Its a good place to wander about in with a camera. Here are some photos from a recent visit – Continue reading
Our bushcare group spent a day weeding at West Head in Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park. This time we weeded in the bush just under the West Head Lookout at the end of the road.
The main we we dug out was Crofton Weed. We removed a very large patch of this not far below the lookout. There was also some Lantana and quite a bit of Mother of Millions. We weeded till about 2 pm when we stopped for a late lunch. Continue reading
I was free on Saturday, so was able to join the Tempe Birdos at their monthly bird count at the Tempe Wetlands and the adjoining Tempe Reserve.
Lots of interesting birds were out, including some very young Moorhen and Coot chicks. There was also a Spoonbill in the second pond. These birds are seldom seen at Tempe Wetlands. Continue reading
I walked a short section of the Two Valleys Track between Bardwell Park and Turrella recently seeing what was out. Looks like I was a bit early for some of the orchids and far too early to see any baby Flying Foxes, but there was plenty going on.
Here are some of my photos – Continue reading
This was a very interesting walk with Bob in the Kedumba Valley. Many years earlier, I had observed a detached pinnacle under the Kedumba Walls. On a recent trip, at Sublime Point, with the benefit of late afternoon light and a telephoto lens, I could see that there were in fact three pinnacles all in the one area. Bob had seen my photos and was keen for a look.
The Kedumba Pinnacles
We arrived on Kings Tableland at Wentworth Falls and first stopped at Sunset Rocks Lookout. This lookout is situated fairly close to where the pinnacles are. I had visited this lookout a few times but could not however recall seeing any pinnacles below. Our visit time confirmed this. The rock platform the lookout is on give fine views of the Jamison Valley, but it is too far away from the cliffs to see down. Continue reading
Digi Dave had invited me to Oatley Park and nearby Lime Kiln Bay for some photography. We spent a very pleasant day wandering around with our cameras.
Spring is in the air. A lot of the birds are building nests and then defending their territory. Continue reading
I went on a very pleasant photo walk though Bicentennial Park at Homebush Bay. I have visited this park many times, but mainly on bike. This time I took a slower option hoping to see more.
I concentrated on the wetlands and the birds feeding there. But there were also birds along the foreshore, the mangroves and on the many wrecks close to the foreshore. Continue reading
This was another very pleasant day spent at the zoo. The main focus of this visit was to practise some animal action photography – e.g. birds in flight. The Bird Show is good for that.
I always visit the Blue Mountains Bushwalk section to see what animals are showing themselves. No rock wallabies this visit, but I did see a platypus going from a higher pool to the lower pool. It did this very quickly and in the low light it is hard to get a good photograph. Continue reading
Wendy was keen on a walk and she suggested a visit to Muogamarra Nature Reserve. Muogamarra Nature Reserve is only open to the public for a short time each year – six weekends during the wildflower season.
The reserve is just north of Cowan and accessed from the old Pacific Highway. When we arrived, a NPWS worker at the park entrance was stopping cars saying the main carpark at the visitor centre was full, so if we wanted to visit the park we would have to park close to the highway and walk in (2 km). We did this, and it prove to be blessing in some ways as some of the best wildflowers were close to the road and we also were able to see a large area of aboriginal engravings that we would have missed if we had driven in. Continue reading
I spent a very pleasant day cycling along the Cooks River Cycleway, from the Boat Harbour to Botany Bay and back stopping along the way to photograph the birds.
I spent most of my time at the Landing Lights Wetland at Barton Park on this visit. Continue reading
