After being very disappointed at not seeing any reasonable fungi in Birdfwood Gully in the morning, I decided that when I got off the train at Central, I would catch a train to Turrella and walk along the Two valleys Track to Girrahween Park at Earlwood, to see if any fungi was out along Wolli Creek. I did find a bit out. And there also were quite a lot of orchids.
Gliophorus graminicolor
I travelled up to Springwood with Sue for a look down Birdwood Gully. We were hoping to see some fungi, but very little was out, and most of what we saw was in very poor condition. But, there were quite a few orchids out, and we also saw some birds.
Nodding Greenhood Orchid – Pterostylis nutans
Recently Bob and myself had been on two excellent walks on Kings Tableland to look at some of the amazing Aboriginal art that is hidden away in the bush. See here and here. We were keen to return, but the road had been closed for a period while grading was taking place. It had recently re-opened, so we headed out for our next trip.
Most of the art we saw on this walk, were motifs done in charcoal, and many were very hard to discern. But they were still very interesting. Continue reading
After the Greenway Bird Survey, I caught the light trail into the city, then changed to the light rail to South Sydney Juniors, then a bus to Maroubra Beach, where I met up with Sue. We were going to spend the day out on Malabar Headland.
Despite the rather late start, we had a great day, observing a pair of Peregrine Falcons, a Black-shouldered Kite and some Dolphins jumping out of the sea.
Near the National Park entrance, we spotted a sleeping Seal – Continue reading
I was up early and at met the group at Taverners Hill Light Rail Station at 7:30 am for the Greenway Bird Survey along the Hawthorne Canal.
The weather was cool, but it was sunny at the station, and this meant some of the small birds were active. We were delighted to observe some Spotted Pardalotes. Continue reading
It was the morning of the Mudlarks Bird Survey along the Cooks River. This month, the group were surveying upstream from the Lang St Bridge to the Boat Harbour, then to Cup and Saucer Creek Wetlands and back down that side.
Here are some of the birds we saw – Continue reading
Brain Everingham had organised a walk For the National Parks Association of NSW at Oatley Park, but before that he suggested a visit to the Myles Dunphy Reserve also at Oatley, and close to Oatley Station.
In the party was Brian, Valerie, Sue, Deb, Judy, Margaret, Suzanne and myself. The group met near Oatley Station, and then set off down one of the tracks into Myles Dunphy Reserve. Continue reading
I was keen to see what fungi was out in parts of Sydney before it dried out too much. So I set off from Macquarie Park Station and walked to Chatswood via the Lane Cove River, Blue Gum Reserve and Ferndale Park.
Here is some of the fungi I found – Continue reading
I attended the field study at the Waterfall Reserve at Mt Wilson with the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc. Rain data showed that about 60 mm or rain had fallen in the Mt Wilson area during the preceding week, but when we arrived we found conditions relatively dry. This meant that not that much fungi was found, and what was found was often in poor condition.
Nevertheless, we did find some interesting fungi.
Here are some photos – Continue reading
My friend Valerie had organised a trip to the Zig Zag Railway near Lithgow. One of the reasons for the trip was that she had never been to the Zig Zag before. Another reason was to celebrate her birthday. So with a large group of her friends, we boarded an electric train at Central bound for the tiny Zig Zag Station.
Except for the train being very crowded up to Katoomba, we had an excellent journey. We alerted the guard at Mt Victoria, and then detrained at Zig Zag. You need to use the last door of the last carriage to do this at the tiny platform. We then walked ashore way up to Bottom Points Station to board our train. Continue reading
