Blue Gum Forest - 18-19 October 2014
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This was walk to Blue Gum Forest via Pierces Pass. We returned the
same way. The party was Chuin Nee, John, Jasper and myself. At the
campsite at Acacia Flat we met up with our friends Albert and Meri,
and Meri's friend Elwyn, who was on a visit from WA.
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Above - Jasper is in the "Bouncy Pack" ready for a nice trip to Blue
Gum Forest
Above - Broad Leaf Wedge-Pea - Gompholobium latifolium
Above - Tetratheca ericifolia
Above - On the Pierces Pass track
Above - Mountain Christmas Bell - Blandfordia cunninghamii
Above - Waratah - Telopia speciosissima (Is this what
happens to the flower? Col Gibson thinks it is when the flower is
not fertilised and it then sends out new growth)
Above - Hanging Rock and Burra Moko Head
Above - Jasper likes the Waratahs
Above - Orchid - Caladenia fuscata
Above - Hibbertia dentata (Thanks Col Gibson for the id)
Above - Creamy Candles - Stackhousia monogyna
Above - Climbers on pitch 2 of the West Face of the Mirrorball (19)
on the Mirrorball Pinnacle
Above - Tiger Orchid - Diuris sulphurea
Above - Tiger Orchid - Diuris sulphurea
Above - Hibbertia empetrifolia (Thanks Col Gibson for the
id)
Above - Waratah - Telopia speciosissima
Above - The Grose River
Above - Climbers on pitch 3 of the West Face of the Mirrorball
Above - The Grose River
Above - Chuin Nee and John help Jasper cross the river
Above - a pair of skinks enjoying the sun
Above - water gums - Tristaniopsis laurina (Thanks Col
Gibson for the id)
Above - Orchid - Thelychiton speciosus
Above - Scaevola ramosissima
Above - Wahlenbergia sp (Thanks Col Gibson for the id)
Above - Coral pea - Kennedia rubicunda (Thanks Albert
Chetcuti for the id)
Above - Chuin Nee on the track down the river
Above - At Little Blue Gum
Above - John and Jasper at Blue Gum Forest
Above - Albert and Chuin Nee at the camp at Acacia Flat
Above - Tiger Orchid - Diuris sulphurea
Above - Blue Gum Forest
Above - Cliffs of Mt Banks
Above - Blue Gum Forest
Above - Shame!! Rubbish left by bushwalkers outside one of the
toilets at Acacia Flat.
Above - Mist rising above Govetts Creek at dawn on Sunday
Above - Govetts Ck
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