I joined my friends John and Chuin Nee, and their sons Jasper and Sebastian on a visit to John’s mother’s property at Nerriga. The property is located on the beautiful Corang River.
As well as a lot of eating, we also did some blackberrying. Continue reading
A visiting expert on the study of Bolete Fungi, Roy Haling, was in Australia on a trip from New York. I had the pleasure of accompanying him and some other members of the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc on two field trips in the Blue Mountains.
On the first day, we visited Wilsons Glen at Woodford. In the party as well as Roy, there was Gemma, the organiser, Pam, Liz and myself. We wandered down the track from Woodford Station and soon descended into a nice patch of rainforest. Continue reading
Brian Everingham had organised a morning photo walk at Wattamolla in Royal National Park for the National Parks Association of NSW. I joined him on the walk, along with Roger, Ken, Col, Suzanne, John, Gary and Digi Dave.
I arrived with Roger a little early and we walked down to the beach and lagoon for some photos. Continue reading
Two conservation courses are available at the Workers Educational Association. These may interest readers. Here are pictures of the brochures –
I went on a walk from Thornleigh to Macquarie Park, mainly along the track of the Great North Walk. I wanted to see if any fungi or orchids were out.
It turned out that I didn’t see much fungi, and most of the orchids I saw were old ones that had lots their flowers. But it was a pleasant walk and it is always nice to be out in the bush again. Continue reading
I had been watching the weather radar and could see thats some thunderstorms were on their way. So I jumped on a train and headed to Waverton and then walked the short distance to Balls Head.
At the head, there are a few good places – rock ledges, that provide good outlooks towards Sydney – the city, the bridge and up the harbour. Ideal places for some storm watching. Nearby are a few rock overhangs to shelter in if the weather gets too wild. Continue reading
After visiting Sassafras Gully the day before, I thought it may be worth a walk along the Two Valleys Track at Wolli Creek. I did not expect to see much fungi, but was on the lookout for birds and insects.
The fungi turned out to be quite poor. Not much was out. I spot a nice slime mould on a log at one place. Continue reading
I did a short walk down Sassafras Gully – from the track at Sassafras Gully Road to Glenbrook Creek and then back to Springwood via Magdala Creek and Fairy Dell.
Tiger (wasp) Moth
I was principally looking to see if any fungi was out after he ran the week before. I was disappointed – I spotted very little fungi. But at least I could enjoy a very pleasant walk and a refreshing swim at the Lagoon in Glenbrook Creek. Continue reading
A wet day was forecast, so I thought a visit to the zoo could be nice. If there was rain – then I could shelter looking at the indoor animals such as the nocturnal house and reptile house. My previous visit had been only two weeks before. But on that visit I had missed the new baby Tamarin monkey, and there also been some new additions – more baby Squirrel Monkeys and a new baby Fenec Fox (called a “kit”).
As it turned out, soon after I arrived, it did rain – and it was heavy. So at first I retreated to the Reptile House and spent a fair while there. Each visit to a place like this, different snakes and lizards are active. So there are always plenty of subjects to observe and photograph. Continue reading
A very hot weekend was forecast. Dan was coming up from Canberra with friends to celebrate his birthday and had proposed a weekend of canyoning with a camp at Barcoo Swamp.
Rocky Creek Canyon
Claustral Canyon
With the hot weather forecast, it sounded ideal to get out and visit some cold canyons. A total fire ban was in place and there was the possibility that some of the national parks would be closed. But checking online on the Friday evening and Saturday morning showed Wollemi National Park was still open, so we could at least camp at Barcoo Swamp and visit some of the nearby canyons. Continue reading
