This is the home page of David Noble
Above - Me on the summit of the Acropolis, Tasmania (photo by Chuin Nee Ooi)
A set of web pages with photos of many of the named (and some
un-named) waterfalls close to the towns of the Blue Mountains -
along both the Great Western Highway and Bell Road. It is still a
work in progress.
You can email me at dnoble (at) ozemail.com.au
So far this website has the following sections that reflect my interests -
Selected Major Trips (and some minor ones) -
- January 18 - Wentworth Falls - Undercliff Track, National Pass and the Valley of the Waters
- January 27 - A Leura - Katoomba loop walk - Leura Cascades - Leura Forest - Furber Stairs - Prince Henry Walk
- January 30 - Bola Creek in Royal National Park (fungi and the creek)
- January 31 - February 1 - Bung Crag (South Branch of Bungleboori Ck), The Lost City, Goochs Crater and a Canyon in the Wollangambe Wilderness
- February 6 - Bola Ck in Royal National Park (mainly fungi)
- February 9 - 28 - New Zealand - Walking and Touring -
- Motatapu Track
- Otago Peninsula and Moeraki Boulders
- The Catlins
- Takitimu Mountains
- Te Anau Area
- Greenstone - Caples Walk
- Kepler Mountains Walk
- March 2 - Bola Creek in Royal National Park (fungi and slime moulds)
- March 5 - Sassafras Gully at Springwood (mainly fungi and slime moulds)
- March 7 - Sassafras Gully at Springwood (mainly fungi and slime moulds) - return visit
- March 10 - 13 a walk in the Southern Blue Mountains from The Shack to Carlons Farm
- March 17 - Coastal Walking in Sydney - from Gore Hill to Hunters Hill
- March 18 - A walk from Stanwell Park to Helensburgh, partly in Royal National Park
- March 19 - Palona Creek and Bola Creek in Royal National Park - mainly fungi
- March 21 - Bola Creek in Royal National Park - mainly fungi
- March 22 - Sassafras Gully at Springwood - mainly fungi and slime moulds
- March 25 - A walk from Leura to Katoomba via Olympian Rock, Leura Cascades, Leura Forest, Federal Pass, Furber Stairs, Katoomba Falls
- March 26 - A short walk around Oatley Park and Lime Kiln Bay in Sydney
- March 31 - A Photo Shoot Morning in Royal National Park (We visit the cliffs near Bundeena, Bonnie Vale Wetlands and Bola Ck)
- April 1 - Sassafras Gully at Springwood - mainly fungi and slime moulds
- April 2 - Otford Sunrise - Royal National Park
- April 3 - 6 - Easter Walk - The Grose River - Blue Gum Forest to Shaws Gully, then Boorong Crags and Mt Hay
- April 10 - Waterfalls of Lawson and Hazelbrook Walk - Mainly fungi and slime moulds
- April 12 - Hassans Walls - a nature walk
- April 18 - 19 - Erskine Creek Walk
- April 23 - May 4 - Tasmania - Central Plateau Walk (Higgs Track - Lady Lake - Walls of Jerusalem - Lake Meston - Traveller Range - Pine Valley - Lake St Clair)
- May 17 - Florabella Pass and Pippas Pass in the Lower Blue Mountains (Warrimoo to Blaxland)
- May 20 - Cronulla Foreshore and Cape Solander (in Kamay Botany Bay National Park)
- May 25 - Govetts Leap to Blue Gum Forest and Return (Blue Mountains National Park)
- May 26 - Frank Walford's Cave (Medlow Bath) and Walls Cave (Blackheath)
- May 28 - Dawn at Narrow Neck, The Waterfalls Walk at Mt Wilson, then a visit to Mt Tomah Botanic Gardens
- June 6 - 8 Mt Solitary and the Kedumba Valley Walk in the Blue Mountains
- June 13 - 15 - The Dry Canyon and The Glow Worm Tunnel (and Jamison Valley dawn)
- June 16 - Medlow Bath Walk (Marks Tomb, Tuckers Lookout, Sentinel Pass, The Colleseum, Murphys Track, The Sunbath, The Underworld, The Three Brothers)
- June 26-27 - Royal National Park - Part of the Coastal Track (northern section)
- June 30 - July 2 - Gardens of Stone - Various lookouts - taking photos
- July 12 - Cliffs of Leura and Katoomba
- July 30 - Lawson and Hazelbrook Waterfall Walk
- August 11 - Hat Hill - Brownes Path - Grose Valley - Gully - Bald Head and return to Hat Hill at Blackheath
- August 18 - September 30 - Visit to Europe - Mountain Walking In Slovenia, and visits to Stuttgart, Munich and Vienna
- October - 3-5 - The SUBW PBT Walk to the Kowmung River
- October 11 - Goochs Crater in the Wollangambe Wilderness
- October 15 - 16 - Royal National Park - the cliffs and heath near Marley
- October 19 - 20 - Kanangra Walls Area
- October 24 - Nature walk at Hat Hill, Blackheath
- October 29-30 - Royal National Park - Eagle Rock and Curracurrong
- November 3 - Glenbrook Creek, The Duckhole to Glenbrook Gorge
- November 8 - The Mermaids Pool and Tahmoor Canyon in the Southern Highlands
- November 11 - Orang Utan Pass and Blue Gum Forest at Blackheath
- November 12 - Maitland Bay in Boudi National Park
- November 22 - East Hill to Padstow Walk - mainly in Georges River National Park
- December 4 - Darling Mills Creek Walk and a Circuit of Lake Parramatta
- December 5 - Mt Banks and Mt Wilson Walks
- December 6 - Wollangambe Clean Up - a walk to the Wollangambe River to help with the pollution clean up
- December 7 - Heathcote to Karloo Pool and return
- December 9 - North Head - a loop walk from Manly
- December 12-13 - The SUBW Xmas Walk to the Coxs River
- December 16 - Storm chasing at La Perouse and then a walk to Cape Banks
- December 22 - National Pass at Wentworth Falls
- December 24 - Red Gum Park and Minnatonka Falls at Bullaburra
- December 30 - 1 January - Nature near Mt Wilson (Mainly orchids)
- 1 - 2 January - Dawn and Dusk at some Katoomba Lookouts
- 11 January - Waterfall to Heathcote via Kanagroo Creek in Royal National Park
- 16 January - Maroubra to Malabar via Malabar National Park
- 17 January - Sassafras Gully at Springwood
- 18 January - Wattamolla to Little Marley in Royal National Park
- 22 January - Garigal National Park - Carroll Ck - Flat Rock Beach - Bates Creek
- 2 February - Minerva Pool and Jingga Pool in Dharawal National Park
- 5 February - Manly to The Spit Walk
- 10 - 11 February - Dargan Arch, Sunset at Anvil Rock Lookout and Sunrise at Pulpit Rock Lookout
- 20 February - Tahmoor Gorge in the proposed Bargo-Nepean National Park
- 23 February - 15 March - Tasmania - Walking and Touring -
- Mt Wellington
- Western Arthurs Traverse
- Mt Field National Park
- Mt Anne
- Franklin River and Nelson River
- Tarkine Area
- North West Tasmania
- 23 March - Blackwall Glen at Blackheath
- 31 March - 2 April - Lower Coxs River and Lower Kowmung River - a photographic trip.
- 6 April - Dharawal Nature Reserve Walk
- 14 - 29 April - Tasmania -
- Dooleys Hill, Ferndene, Philosophers Falls, Fernglade
- Central Plateau Walk - Lake Bill, Lake Myrtle, Lake Meston, Junction Lake, Cloister Lagoon, Cathedral Mountain - Overland Track - Pine Valley - Lake St Clair
- 16 May - Wattamolla Walk in Royal National Park
- 18 May - North Head
- 7 June - Evans Lookout - Clifftop Track- Govetts Leap - Braeside Track - Grand Canyon at Blackheath
- 9 - 11 June - A Walk on the Capertee - Wolgan Divide
- 14 June - Shipley Plateau Walk at Blackheath
- 18 June - La Perouse to Cape Banks in Botany Bay - Kamay National Park
- 21 June - Dunphys Pass and Duncans Pass on Narrow Neck
- 5 July - The Kiama Coast Walk - Minnamurra to Kiama
- 6 July - Bundeena to Marley in Royal National Park
- 12 July - The Fortress - Abseil down cliffs - new pass up Lockleys Pylon in the Grose Valley
- 18 July - St Ives to Mt Kuring-gai Walk in Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park
- 21-22 July - Asgard Swamp, Thor Head Walk
- 26 July - Bruce's Walk from Medlow Gap to Wentworth Falls
- 23 August - Bruce's Walk from Wentworth Falls to Lawson
Above - Me in a canyon near the Wolgan River (photo - David Forbes)
Photos of Particular Canyons
- Claustral Canyon (Old Gallery)
- Claustral Canyon (Selection of my best photos from 2008 - 2016)
- King George Canyon
- Wollangambe Canyon (Tourist Section) - in 1992 - when we saw a platypus in the canyon
Photos of exploratory canyoning trips in the South Wolgan Area
My Essay -
Photos from trips during
Above - Me in a new canyon in the Coorongooba area of Wollemi
National Park (photo - Rik Deveridge)
Above - Me on "Tombstone Wall" - Mt Piddington, Blue Mts
Photos
of
some crags -
Photos from trips during
- Milsons Point - Sunset - 30 June 2016
- Sydney Harbour Sunrise and Morning - 12 September 2016
- Sculpture at Barangaroo 18 Augsut 2017
Birds
Taronga Park Zoo
- Visit on 13 April 2015
- Visit on 6 August 2015
- Visit on 18 November 2015
- Visit on 25 November 2015
- Visit on 26 February 2016
- Visit on 8 March 2016
- Visit on 17 March 2016
- Visit on 13 April 2016
- Visit on 23 May 2016
- Visit on 2 June 2016
- Visit on 15 July 2016
- Visit on 1 September 2016
- Visit on 21 September 2016
- Visit on 11 October 2016
- Visit on 13 December 2016
- Visit on 1 February 2017
- Visit on 14 February 2017
- Visit on 31 March 2017
- Visit on 5 June 2017
- Visit on 28 July 2017
- Visit on 21 August 2017
- Visit on 4 September 2017
- Visit on 20 September 2017
Sealife Aquarium - Sydney
Nature Walks
Fungi
- Menai Nature Walk - October 2015
- Wolli Creek Nature Walk - 2 December 2015
- Wolli Creek Nature Walk - 3 December 2015 (mainly flying foxes)
- Wolli Creek Nature Walk - 14 December 2015 (mainly flying foxes and orchids)
- Wolli Creek Nature Walk - 6 January 2016 - a very wet day
- Wolli Creek Nature Walk - 28 January 2016 - mainly fungi, but also lizards
- Nature Photography in Royal National Park - 18 December 2016
- Nature Walk at Bola Creek in Royal National Park
- Wolli Creek Nature Walk - 31 October 2016
- Cooks River and Wolli Creek - 14 November 2016 (mainly flying foxes)
- Wolli Creek - 3 August 2017. Mainly flying foxes and birds
- Centennial Park - Trees and Birds - 14 August 2017
- Wolli Creek - 15 August 2017
- Bicentennial Park - Birds - 5 September 2017
- Oatley Park and Lime Kiln Bay - 6 September 2017
- Fungi Photography - Techniques, settings, equipment and general advice.
- Fungi Identification - a visual guide to Fungi found near Sydney (a work in progress)
Fungi at Wolli Creek
- Wolli Ck Fungi - 22 March 2018
- Wolli Ck Fungi - 4 April 2018
- Wolli Ck Fungi - 7 April 2018
- Wolli Ck Fungi - 12 June 2018
- Wolli Ck Fungi - 24 June 2018
- Wolli Ck Fungi - 2 July 2018
- Wolli Ck Fungi - 7 July 2018
- Wolli Ck Fungi - 19 March 2019
- Wolli Ck Fungi - 6 April 2019
- Wolli Ck Fungi - 25 June 2019
- Wolli Ck Fungi - 11 July 2019
- Wolli Ck Fungi - 15 July 2019
Fungi at The Cooks River
- Cooks River Fungi - 18 March 2017
Fungi at Sydney Olympic Park
- Newington Armory Fungi - 30 March 2019
Fungi at Lane Cove
- Fungi of Lane Cove National Park - 8 April 2015
- Fungi of Lane Cove National Park - 16 April 2015
- Fungi of Lane Cove National Park - 1 June 2015
- Fungi of Lane Cove National Park - 20 June 2015
- Fungi of Lane Cove National Park - 14 July 2015
- Fungi of Lane Cove National Park - 16 July 2015
- Fungi of the Lane Cove Valley 27 July 2015
- Fungi of the Lane Cove Valley - 5 February 2016 - Fungi, Slime Moulds, Orchids and More
- Fungi of the Lane Cove Valley - 30 March 2016
- Fungi and Orchids of the Lane Cove Valley - 17 June 2016
- Fungi and Orchids in two creeks near Chatswood - 30 June 2016
- Fungi of the Lane Cove Valley - 1 July 2016
- Fungi at Blue Gum Reserve, Chatswood - 10 July 2016
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - Chatswood - 10 July 2016
- Fungi of the Lane Cove Valley and then Fungi at Ferndale Park - 21 July 2016
- Fungi at Ferndale Park, Blue Gum Reserve and the Lane Cove River - 27 July 2016
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - Chatswood - 1 August 2016
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - Chatswood - 4 August 2016
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - Chatswood - 8 August 2016
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - Chatswood - 11 August 2016
- Fungi of the Lane Cove Valley - 13 March 2017
- Fungi of the Lane Cove Valley - 5 April 2017
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - 20 May 2017
- Fungi of the Lane Cove Valley - 21 May 2017
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - 22 May 2017
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - 24 May 2017
- Fungi of the Lane Cove Valley - 24 May 2017
- Fungi of the Lane Cove Valley - 28 May 2017
- Fungi in the Lane Cove Area - 15 June 2017
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - 15 June 2017
- Fungi in the Lane Cove Valley - 20 June 2017
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - 16 July 2017
- Fungi of the Lane Cove Valley - 30 March 2018
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - 13 June 2018
- Fungi at Ferndale Park and The Lane Cove River - 20 June 2018
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - 29 June 2018
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - 8 July 2018
- Fungi of the Lane Cove Valley - 4 July 2018
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - 20 March 2019
- Fungi of the Lane Cove River - 28 March 2019
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - 31 March 2019
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - 14 April 2019
- Fungi of the Lane Cove Valley - 29 April 2019
- Fungi of the Lane Cove Valley - 4 May 2019
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - 27 June 2019
- Fungi of the Lane Cove Valley - 2 July 2019
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - 5 July 2019
- Fungi at The Lane Cove River, Blue Gum Creek and Ferndale Park - 12 July 2019
- Fungi at The Lane Cove River - 16 July 2019
- Fungi of The Lane Cove River - 19 July 2019
- Fungi at Ferndale Park and The Lane Cove River - 28 July 2019
- Fungi at Ferndale Park - 5 August 2019
Fungi Near Hornsby
Fungi at Royal National Park
- Waitara Creek - 28 July 2015
- Waitara Creek - 25 June 2016
- Bola Creek - 13 May 2015
- Bola Creek - 24 May 2015
- Bola Creek - 4 June 2015
- Bola Creek - 24 June 2015
- Bola Creek - 27 June 2015
- Bola Creek 29 July 2015
- Bola Ck (and Forest Island Walk) - 9 February 2016
- Bola Creek - 24 March 2016
- Bola Creek on 8 April 2016
- Bola Creek - 16 Apr 2016
- Bola Creek - 15 May 2016
- Bola Creek - 22 June 2016
- Bola Creek - 28 June 2016
- Bola Creek - 4 July 2016
- Bola Creek - 18 July 2016
- Palona Creek and Bola Creek (and National Falls) - 7 August 2016
- Bola Creek - 28 March 2017
- Bola Creek - 1 April 2017
- Bola Creek - 7 April 2017
- Bola Creek - 13 May 2017
- Bola Creek - 14 June 2017
- Bola Creek - 30 June 2017
- Bola Creek - 25 June 2018
- Bola Creek - 30 June 2018
- Bola Creek - 21 March 2019
- Bola Creek - 23 March 2019
- Bola Creek - 11 April 2019
- Bola Creek - 28 June 2019
- Bola Creek - 6 July 2019
- Bola Creek - 31 July 2019
Fungi near the Hawkesbury River
- Mill Creek - 16 May 2015
- Mill Creek - 7 May 2016
- Mill Creek - 27 May 2017
- Mill Creek - 13 July 2019
Fungi at Coachwood Glen - Blackheath - Megalong Valley
- Coachwood Glen - Fungi, Slime Moulds and a rare plant - 11 April 2015
- Coachwood Glen - Fungi - 17 April 2015
- Coachwood Glen - Fungi - 27 May 2015
- Coachwood Glen - Fungi - 11 April 2017 and later a visit to Blackheath Airstrip for some more fungi photography.
- Coachwood Glen - Fungi - 6 May 2017
- Coachwood Glen - Fungi - 2 June 2017
- Coachwood Glen - Fungi - 1 July 2017
- Coachwood Glen - Fungi - 28 March 2018
- Coachwood Glen - Fungi - 3 May 2018
- Coachwood Glen - Fungi - 16 June 2018
- Coachwood Glen - Fungi - 4 April 2019
- Coachwood Glen - Fungi - 13 April 2019
- Coachwood Glen - Fungi - 18 July 2019
Fungi near Katoomba - Blue Mts
- Leura Forest - 10 February 2016
- Leura Forest - 20 March 2016
- Leura Forest - Katoomba Falls 22 Mar 2017
Fungi at Mt Wilson - Blue Mts
- Waterfall Reserve - 19 March 2016
- Waterfall Reserve - 2 July 2016
- Waterfall Reserve - 24 June 2017
- Waterfall Reserve - 23 June 2018
Fungi near Springwood - Blue Mts
- Sassafras Gully - 12 May 2015
- Sassafras Gully - 15 May 2015
- Sassafras Gully - 21 May 2015
- Sassafras Gully - 3 June 2015
- Sassafras Gully -11 June 2015
- Magdala Creek - 19 June 2015
- Sassafras Gully - 21 June 2015
- Sassafras Gully - 28 June 2015
- Sassafras Gully - 9 July 2015
- Sassafras Gully - 23 July 2015
- Birdwood Gully - 26 July 2015
- Sassafras Gully - 17-18 January 2016
- Sassafras Gully - 3 February 2016
- Sassafras Gully - 7 February 2016
- Sassafras Gully - 14 February 2016
- Sassafras Gully - 21 February 2016
- Sassafras Gully - 18 March 2016
- Sassafras Gully - 1 April 2016
- Sassafras Gully - 15 April 2016
- Sassafras Gully - 12 May 2016
- Sassafras Gully - 9 June 2016
- Sassafras Gully - 23 June 2016
- Sassafras Gully - 12 July 2016
- Sassafras Gully - 25 July 2016
- Sassafras Gully and Birdwood Gully - 28 July 2016
- Sassafras Gully - 6 August 2016
- Sassafras Gully - 8 January 2017 - Orchids, Insects and Fungi
- Sassafras Gully - 24 February 2017
- Sassafras Gully - 6 March 2017
- Sassafras Gully - 24 March 2017
- Sassafras Gully - 2 April 2017
- Sassafras Gully - 9 April 2017
- Birdwood Gully - Fungi and Orchids - 11 April 2017
- Sassafras Gully - 5 May 2017
- Sassafras Gully - 18 May 2017
- Sassafras Gully 26 May 2017
- Sassafras Gully 29 May 2017
- Sassafras Gully - 13 June 2017
- Sassafras Gully - 27 June 2017
- Sassafras Gully - 4 July 2017
- Sassafras Gully - 8 August 2017
- Sassafras Gully - 25 March 2018
- Sassafras Gully - 5 April 2018
- Sassafras Gully - 3 July 2018
- Birdwood Gully - 6 February 2019
- Sassafras Gully - 8 February 2019
- Sassafras Gully and Birdwood Gully - 22 March 2019
- Sassafras Gully - 29 March 2019
- Sassafras Gully - 8 April 2019
- Sassafras Gully - 25 April 2019
- Sassafras Gully - 7 May 2019
- Sassafras Gully - 3 July 2019
Fungi near Lawson - Blue Mts
- Cataract Falls - 18 April 2015
- Wilson Glen (Woodford) - 23 February 2017
- Hazelbrook - Horseshoe Falls Area - 21 March 2017
- South Lawson Waterfall Walk and Terrace Falls Walk at Hazelbrook - 26 April 2019
Fungi near Glenbrook - Blue Mts
- Walk to Red Hands Cave and Grey Hat Falls - 24 January 2016
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