30 Sept 2015

Naas Creek Valley

Bear's ears Cymbonotus spp



Dominant tree species include Black Sallee Eucalyptus stellulata (left) and Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora (right)


And Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra


Dried seed pods of Small-fruit Hakea microcarpa 


Naas Creek Valley with Mt Gudgenby coming into view


Boboyan Homestead ruins



27 Sept 2015

Mt Ainslie Trees

Dominant species on Mt Ainslie are Scribbly Gums Eucalyptus rossii (white trunks) and Drooping She-oak Allocasuarina verticillata (narrower black fissured trunks)


Drooping She-oak with a bad but lucky shot of a Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis - taken on a pocket snapshot camera


View of Canberra from Mt Ainslie. Smoke at centre right is from a burn off on Oakey Hill


18 Sept 2015

Mt Ainslie flowers

Nodding Blue Lily Stypandra glauca


Kangaroo Thorn Acacia paradoxa is plentiful


Twining Glycine Glycine clandestina 


Hardenbergia violaceae


Tiny Cryptandra amara








14 Sept 2015

Orroral Valley

Dagger Wattle Acacia siculiformis named for the very sharp pointed dagger leaves


Ovens or Wedge-leafed Wattle Acacia pravissima in bud


Seed pods of Long-leaf Lomatia Lomatia myricoides 


Orroral Valley


13 Sept 2015

Silver Wattle

Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata is flowering now





2 Sept 2015

Lakeview Track

Understorey shrubs of  Pomaderris intermedia in bud.  The flowers will be golden.


Box-leaf Wattle Acacia buxifolia





Common or Creeping Hovea Hovea heterophyla