Goochs Crater - 11 October 2015

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This was a walk on the National Parks Association program led by Roger Lembit. Roger a botanist, has studied the plants in this are for many years and on this walk he shared his observations about how the ecology had changed after the 2013 bushfire.



Above - Waratah - Telopea truncata



Above - Waratah - Telopea truncata



Above - Geebung - a lot for fruit after the bushfire



Above - Native Iris



Above - Dotted Sun Orchid (Thelymitra ixioides) and friend



Above - Dotted Sun Orchid (Thelymitra ixioides) and friend



Above - Isopogon sp





Above - These are types of orchids (not yet in flower)



Above - Dotted Sun Orchid (Thelymitra ixioides)





Above - Dotted Sun Orchid (Thelymitra ixioides)









Above - Perhaps an aboriginal stone arrangement?





Above - Goochs Crater



Above - Nearby is a large cave - we stop here for lunch



Above - there is some faint aboriginal art (hand stencils in the cave)



Above - a child's hand stencil



Above - Goochs Crater









Above - Dampiera stricta



Above - hiding in the swamp - a snake. Possibly a Tigersnake?





Above - Rock formation









Above - Waratah - Telopea truncata



Above - Waratah - Telopea truncata



Above - Waratah - Telopea truncata and rock formations



Above - Native Iris



Above - Waratah - Telopea truncata



Above - Waratah - Telopea truncata



Above - Mountain Dragon - Rankinia diemensis

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