Another visit to the zoo. This time I went with Chuin Nee, Ruth and Nikki. We were accompanied by quite a few toddlers – Jasper, Tas, Joey and Maggie.
Rock Wallaby and joey
We started off at the Seal Show and after that looked at the gorillas, then to the Bird Show – Continue reading
I went back to Wolli Creek for another look, particularly to see the Hygrocybes again.
As it turned out – there was very little change to the red Hygrocybes – some had been partly eaten by animals, but there had been no new ones nor much in the way of growth of the existing fruiting bodies that I had seen on the previous visit. They were tiny then and tiny still. Continue reading
Saturday 9th April was a field activity organised by the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc. The group met at Girrawheen Park and then split into two subgroups. I was in the smaller group that headed upstream to look between Bardwell Park and Bexley North.
Austroboletus lacunosus
There was a reasonable amount of fungi out, and surprisingly, a lot of it was different to what I had seen 4 days before. Continue reading
Digi Dave and myself headed down to Royal National Park at Bola Creek to look to see what fungi was out.
When we arrived at the carpark, it was raining lightly, so we drove a little further up the road to Toonoum Falls for a look. The falls were small and not very impressive in the low flow. It could be worth coming back when the water is a lot higher. Continue reading
I’ve been on a few recent trip down the Two Valleys Track along Wolli Creek waiting for the fungi to come out – without any success. This visit was at least a little better. There had been some rain in the valley a few days before.
I started out from Bexley North and walked right down the valley to where the creek joins the Cooks River at Tempe. Continue reading
I travelled up the mountains with friends John and Chuin Nee and their two young boys, Jasper and Sebastian. At Blackheath, Chuin Nee head off to Heathcliff to join Enmoore and Stu for a day of climbing. John and myself took Jasper and Sebastian on a nice bushwalk nearby at Porters Pass.
Jasper ready for some canyoning
We walked down the track to Porters Pass, where Jasper and a great time playing in the creek. Then we continued on to Colliers Causeway – the track that goes under the cliffs to Centennial Glen. We then headed up into the Glen and had lunch at the end of the small canyon. Continue reading
It had been a while since I had visited Sassafras Gully and I was not that hopeful of finding a lot of fungi because there had not been too much recent rain.
This turned out to be the case. I had a good look around and didn’t find too much. I walked down via the track from Sassafras Gully Road and walked to the Lagoon at the junction of Sassafras Gully and Glenbrook Creek and returned via the Wiggins Track. Continue reading
The day was intended as a fungi walk – looking to see if any fungi and slime moulds were out after fairly recent but light rain. Despite a lot of searching, I didn’t find a lot of fungi out, but it was a pleasant walk.
I started out from Thornleigh Station and walked the short distance to Thornleigh Oval, and then down tracks that led to the Great North Walk track which I then followed down the valley. Continue reading
This was a pleasant day of walking around part of the shore of Sydney Harbour. A good friend, Stephen, from Hobart was passing through Sydney and had most of the day to spare before his flight home.
So I met up with Stephen and also Rob at Waverton. After a coffee, we headed off towards Balls Head. We went via Waverton Park, past an old industrial area which is now public parklands, and past an old marina to Balls Head. Continue reading
Wendy invited me to accompany here on a walk at Easter. She wanted to walk in either the Ettrema Area or the Budawangs. We did not decide which area until on the drive down. Our favoured option was Ettrema, but on the way down there was a fair bit of rain and we thought the Budawangs with its abundant camp caves may be the better option in the conditions. As it turned out – it did rain each day – but only at night.
View from Sturgiss Mountain
We turned off the Nerriga Road and followed minor roads that led towards the Endrick River. It had been a long time since I had visited the Budawangs from that side and since then the access has changed. The road we were following went to a locked gate, but nearby was a sign with a map showing bushwalking access to Morton National Park. We could park and follow markers through private land to the Endrick River and then enter the park. Continue reading
