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Malabar Headland – 12 June 2022

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Dave Noble

This was a good day…. eventually. It started off quiet and then the Peregrine Falcons appeared. I expected the main photographic subjects to be whales passing by, and that was how the day started off. As I walked out, near … Continue reading →

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More Local Birding – Tempe, Cooks River and Barton Park – 11 June 2022

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Dave Noble

With long weekend plans cancelled, I decided to spend the day in the local area taking photos of birds. I started off with the Tempe Birdos for their monthly bird survey, then joined Micheal from the Greenway Birdos to photograph … Continue reading →

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Barton Park Birds – 10 June 2022

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Dave Noble

I spent a pleasant but fairly quiet day at Barton Park. I was keen to look for the raptors that I had photographed on previous visits – but this time they mainly stayed away. Perhaps because someone es roaring around … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Watergate Reserve – 7 June 2022

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Dave Noble

The Watergate Reserve is located near Sailors Bay between Castlecrag and Northbridge. I had visited the reserve as part of the walk I did  in 2017 – part of the Round Willoughby  Walk and I thought then that it looked … Continue reading →

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Birds at Barton Park and The Cooks River – 5 June 2022

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Dave Noble

I spent some time at Barton Park photographing birds, with a few more photos taken along sections of the Cooks River. Like some previous  recent visits, it was a Nankeen Kestrel that provided most of the subject matter. I started … Continue reading →

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Vivid Light Festival – Sydney – 4 June 2022

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Dave Noble

I joined a group of friends for a wander around Sydney – starting from Darling Harbour and making our way around the foreshore to Circular Quay looking at the Vivid installations. Being a Saturday night – it was very crowded … Continue reading →

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Bola Creek Fungi – 4 June 2022

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Dave Noble

This was another good survey of the fungi at Bola Creek with members of The Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc and visitors. We found a good range of fungi, including quite a few waxcaps. I will start with some of … Continue reading →

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Barton Park Birds – 3 June 2022

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Dave Noble

I spent an an enjoyable and interesting afternoon with Digi Dave at Barton Park photographing birds. We first went to Landing Lights Wetland, but it ws pretty quiet, so we then headed to the old sporting fields near the Golf … Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek and Cooks River Walk – 30 May 2022

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Dave Noble

I was originally intending to head up to the Blue Mountains for a fungi walk, but the weather up there looked bad, and there was rain approaching on the radar, so I changed plans and echoed to do local walk … Continue reading →

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Visit to Shanes Park – 29 May 2022

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Dave Noble

I had read about Shanes Park recently in Peter Ridgeway’s excellent book “A Wide and Open Land”, his account of a multi-day walk across a fair length of the  Cumberland Plain.  One of the gems of the plain seemed to … Continue reading →

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