With unsettled weather, I have had to settle for short local trips between rain showers. I made it to the Cooks River for an afternoon wander with my camera. I met up with Sue and we had a pleasant time spotting birds.
Its always nice to look out for a spot the local Sacred Kingfishers. As I walked down the river from Illawarra Road, I saw two perched on a branch – Continue reading
Wendy wanted to travel down from her home in the Blue Mountains to the city and see some whales. Valerie was also keen on a whale watching excursion, so we decide on a visit to the sea cliffs near Wattamolla.
We had a very pleasant day out on the cliffs. Being a weekend, it was quite busy with lots of walkers and whale watchers.
We walked along the Royal Coast Track to the headland south of the Providential Cove at Wattamolla. We found a nice sunny spot to sit and wait for whales. Continue reading
I attended the field study with the Sydney Fungal Studies Group held at the Waterfall Reserve at Mt Wilson. At present, the Mt Wilson road is closed to visitors due to an instability. We were fortunate to obtain special permission with Blue Mountains Council allowing a limited number of cars from the group to be able to undertake the field study.
Here is some of the fungi found be the group – Continue reading
I had a few hours spare during the day, so made a trip to Wolli Creek Regional Park to photograph the fungi there.
I did not find too much difference to my previous visit, although I did not visit the upstream section went of Bardwell Park Station. Continue reading
This was another trip to a small part of Lane Cove National Park to see how particular fungi were going.
These were the ones I was after – Gliophorus psittacinus group
I did not spot any fresh ones, but the two fresh ones I had observed on my last visit were still in good condition. Continue reading
Two friends, Roger and Ashley invited me on camping trip in the Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area.
We camped at a nice campsite in the headwaters of Carne Creek. The campsite was about two hundred metres from a fire road. There was a nice woodland, and quite open where we camped. Continue reading
I wanted an update on how some of the fungi I had seen two days earlier in Lane Cove National Park was going.
Walking into the park, I spotted this beautiful coral fungus growing right next to the bitumen road – Continue reading
I made a fairly quick visit to check out how the fungi in Wolli Creek Regional Park was going.
I found a fair amount out. Here are some photos – Continue reading
After the Ferndale Park field study with the Sydney Fungal Studies Group, I joined Trevor and Kerry and we travelled up to part of Lane Cove National Park to check the status of the rare Parrot Waxcaps (Gliophorus psittacinus group) found at a certain very restricted location.
We found a few fresh ones out, which was very nice. Continue reading
I attended the field study with the Sydney Fungal Studies Group at Ferndale Park at Chatswood. The Group met at the start of one of the access tracks and wandered down looking for fungi. After several hours, we returned the same way.
We found a reasonable amount of fungi along the way. Continue reading
