I joined Bob and Doug on a nice day of canyoning in Hat Hill Canyon at Blackheath. It was a fine warm day – and a cool canyon was a great place to be in.
Doug parked at the turn-off to Hat Hill Ridge, and we then walked back to the track that goes to the start of the canyon. We thought it best to do the road walk first – in the cooler conditions. This was a sensible thing to do – as it was much hotter later on. Continue reading
Sue joined me for an interesting and enjoyable trip down Birdwood Gully at Springwood. I had been looking at the local rainfall data and it indicted it could be good for fungi, despite some recent hot days.
The fungi was not super abundant, but there was a reasonable amount of a few species out. Continue reading
A very hot and humid day was forecast. I thought it would be good to be indoors in air conditioned comfort – so I decided to visit the Art Gallery of NSW, and in particular visit two short term exhibitions – Kandinsky and
Wassily Kandinsky (1866 – 1944) was a Russian born artist who is regarded as a pioneer of abstraction. However his style changed significantly over the years. As well as working in Russia, he spend many years in Germany.
Many of his works feature circular and triangular shapes. Continue reading
John and Chuin Nee invited me to join them and their two boys, Jasper and Sebastian, on a trip down The Grand Canyon at Blackheath.
We had a very good day. The previous evening we had been at a BBQ at Blackheath, and had stayed overnight. After breakfast at Blackheath, we headed to the start of the canyon. We entered via the Pilcher Track. Continue reading
I joined Brian Everingham and party from The National Parks Association of NSW for a trip to celebrate World Wetlands Day. We visited a number of sites.
First stop was Woolooware Wader’s Lagoon – Continue reading
Sue had suggested a trip to the Zoo. Valerie was not able to join us this time. We entered via the lower entrance and first visited the Red Pandas –
Some of them were quite active.
Another hot and humid day. I seen the early morning, before it got too hot at Barton Park. But despite an early start – not that many birds were out.
Here are some birds I saw at Landing Lights Wetland – Continue reading
It had been a while since I had last visited Long Reef, so I headed up on the bus to Dee Why and walked out onto the headland. The weather was very hot and sunny – and I found conditions very trying. There was at times a cool sea breeze which helped. The hot conditions meant a lot of heat haze – which did not help with telephoto photography, and the very harsh lighting was also not helpful.
When I arrived, walking up to the lookout, I spotted an Osprey. But it was leaving.
I then descended to the rock platform. The tide was high, and would peak while I was there, so I was not able to venture out and look for migratory birds. Continue reading
Lydia had organised a morning walk along Wolli Creek and invited quite a few people to join her. As an enticement, she put on an amazing feast of food for everyone – at her house, along the way.
We met at Tempe Station, and then started walking up Wolli Creek. Crossing the Cooks River, we saw a number of Cormorants. Continue reading
