This was another walk led by Brian Everingham for the National Parks Association of NSW. Yeramba Lagoon, in the Georges River National Park is a very pleasant place to visit.
In the morning ,we did a circuit walk around the Lagoon, looking at with trees, wild flowers and birds.
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I wanted to see how the Peregrine Falcon Family on the cliffs of the Northern Beaches were going.
I headed out to the cliffs and was buffeted by strong winds from the North. The strong winds would continue all through my visit and certainly made photography very difficult – particularly trying to hold a large lens following a bird in flight. Continue reading
I visited Sydney Park at St Peters to see how the birds were going and to take a break from processing photos from Mt Kaputar.
Here are some of the birds I spotted – Continue reading
Returning from Mt Kaputar was interesting. Here are some places we visited –
Site of the Myall Creek Masacre
After a brief stop at Bingara, we headed to the Myall Creek Massacre Memorial. This is a very moving place to visit, with information about what happened very well presented – as stops along a short walk. Continue reading
Here are some photos I took on the summit of Mt Kaputar on the evening of 29 October 2024. The evening was relatively cloud free. I was particularly interested in photographing Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.
(15 seconds, f 1.8, 3200 ISO)
I was able to photograph the comet, but unfortunately it was not that bright by that stage in its orbit. You can see it in the middle of the above photo. Continue reading
My friend Wendy invited me to join her on a trip to visit Mt Kaputar National Park. It’s a place that I have never visited, but have been keen to go for a long time. We had a marvellous and fascinating trip.
Mt Kaputar in the highest point of the Nandewar Range which lies east of Narrabri. It features a wild volcanic landscape, a bit like the nearby Warrumbungles.
Wendy drove all the way to Mt Kaputar National Park in one long day from her home in the Blue Mountains. On the way there, via Mudgee, we stopped at the small town of Mullaley where we had lunch in a park. There was a surprising amount of birds within this small park. Continue reading
I think this walk is a staple of the Upper Blue Mountains Bushwalking Club. It uses a rock climbers access track, from Bells Line of Road, then deviates through untracked bush, and then you descend to a lower ledge, which you follow around into Jungaburra Brook. This takes you to the rock climbing area – Bell Supercrag. You then cross Jungaburra Brook and continue in the other direction – downstream, on the same ledge, past more of the crag, and then eventually you can climb up an easy pass to Wilkinson Hill and then back to Bells Line of Road.
I had long wanted to explore the area around Wilkinson Hill, and Bob suggested doing the ledges as well. The sounded like a good plan. Continue reading
In the afternoon, I walked along the Cooks River, upstream from the Lang St Bridge up to Canterbury Road. I was mainly wanting to see how the Tawny Frogmouths were going.
I first stopped off at the cricket nets. I soon found that the Tawny Frogmouth chick had fledged. Here is the family – Continue reading
I spent a few hours in the morning at Sydney Park to see how the birds were going.
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I joined Sue for a pleasant day on Malabar Headland. We were hoping for some Peregrine Falcon action – but we totally failed in that regard. We saw a single Peregrine Falcon fly past the cliffs at high speed a few times, but it didn’t seem to stay around.
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