Tag Archives: Springwood

Sassafras Gully Fungi – 22 July 2020

I had not been down Sassafras Gully to check out the fungi for a while, and thought another visit would be good. I was hoping the fungi would be better than what I had seen the day before in Wolli … Continue reading

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Birdwood Gully – Fungi and Orchids – 1 July 2020

I joined Liz for a walk down Birdwood Gully at Springwood to look for fungi. I did not have that high hopes we would find a lot, but it turned out to be surprisingly good. We found quite a few … Continue reading

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Birdwood Gully Walk – 7 April 2020

Another exercise walk, and a little further afield, was to Birdwood Gully at Springwood. Again I travelled up on virtually empty trains and met few people on the track. It also allowed me to look for fungi. I was pleased … Continue reading

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Fungi at Birdwood Gully – 24 March 2020

This was another in a series of trips to Birdwood Gully at Springwood to investigate the fungi. I was invited to join Liz, who lives at Winmalee on an outing there. We found quite a few corals out. But one … Continue reading

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Fungi and Slime Moulds at Birdwood Gully – 26 February 2020

I made another visit to Birdwood Gully at Springwood, to look for fungi. There was not a huge abundance of fungi out, but I did manage to find some nice fungi and slime moulds. Here are some of the fungi … Continue reading

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Sassafras Gully Fungi and Slime Moulds – 17 February 2020

This was an interesting trip down to Sassafras Gully at Springwood. Like the week before, I was joined by Liz Kabanoff and on that occasion we had visited Birdwood Gully on the other side of the town. We set off … Continue reading

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Birdwood Gully Fungi and Slime Moulds – 14 February 2020

This was a trip to visit Birdwood Gully at Springwood with Liz Kabanoff to see what fungi was out. We did not find a real lot out but what we did find was quite interesting. The photo above shows a … Continue reading

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Sydney University Bushwalkers – Xmas Walk – Sassafras Gully 14-15 December 2019

About this time of the year, Sydney University Bushwalkers have an easy Christmas Walk to the Coxs River close to the Six Foot Track. However this year, the Six Foot Track was closed due to bushfire close to it, so … Continue reading

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Fungi in Sassafras Gully – 3 July 2019

It had been a while since I had visited Sassafras Gully at Springwood looking for fungi. It is one of the places I have been visiting regularly, but it had been fairly dry in the lower Blue Mountains compared to … Continue reading

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Strattons Amphitheatre Walk – 6 June 2019

Strattons Amphitheatre is a cave, in the Springwood area, possibly an aboriginal site, that has some old graffiti on one of its walls. As well as the cave, there is also a waterfall, and the creek there flows in a … Continue reading

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