14 Oct 2018

AAWT - Day 4-5 - Honeysuckle Creek to Orroral River

First Candles of the season Stackhousia monogyna


Coral Heath Epacris microphylla


First Indigfera flowers Indigofera australis


Twin Flower Beard Heath Leucopogon fletcheri


Juvenile leaves of Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus viminalis


Orroral Ridge





Orroral River



Common Reed Phragmites australis





12 Oct 2018

Burrill Lake

Pelicans Pelecanus conspicillatus


Zebra Top Shell Austrocochlea porcata


Tapered Ark Shell Anadara trapezia


Also known as Sydney Cockle, Ark Cockle or Blood Cockle as they have red blood


Zebra Top Austrocochlea porcata


Sausage Blubber- the eggs of the Moon Snails Conuber sp. are suspended in this jelly


Tracks of a tiny Hermit Crab at home in a Mud Whelk shell Battillaria australis


Track of a Moon Snail Conuber sordidus


Silvereye Zosterops lateralis


Birds of the feeding areas:
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus molucannus
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
Long Billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris


A wet Rainbow


1 Oct 2018

AAWT - Day 3 - Booroomba Rocks to Honeysuckle Creek

Booroomba Rocks


Leionema Leionema lamprophyllum subs. obovatum



Lemon Bottlebrush Callistemon pallidus


Rayed Blue Candalides heathi


Alpine Star Bush- maybe -Asterolasia trymalioides


Grevillea Grevillea oxyantha subsp. oxyantha


More Booroomba Rocks




Tennent and Deadmans from Booroomba


Along the track to Honeysuckle Creek - The orange is Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressifomis and the yellow is Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata


Beard-heath Leucopogon sp.


Blanket Bush Bedfordia arborescens


Dagger Wattle Acacia siculiformis


Woolly Grevillea Grevillea lanigera


Coral Heath Epacris microphylla


Wedge-leaf Wattle Acacia pravissima


Honeysuckle Creek