26 Oct 2020

Brayshaws Hut

 A bad way to die













Another bad way to die










The delightfully named Goorudee Rivulet










Brachycome sp.










Showy Violet Viola betonicifolia










Cress?

















Large organic shapes on the open landscape, the ghost outlines of burned fallen trees













Many had blackened wood still laying in situ along the scars













Brayshaws Hut, not burned, thanks to firies/npws/everybody










2m x 3m










Kosciuszko's smallest










Crows Yards on the subalpine Nungar Plain


















Groundsel Senecio sp.













Rusty-pods Hovea montana













Mountain Dragon Rankinia diemensis 







Also seen:

Bird Orchids Chiloglottis sp, leaves only

Pink Bells Tetrathica sp, one only

Horses, Cymbonotus sp,  (lots)

Highland Copperhead Austrelaps ramsayi (one only) (big)

20 Oct 2020

In the Lake - Durras

 The Mud Whelk  Pyrazus ebeninus



































Seagrass Zostera capricorni looks like shredded paper when dried on the shore










15 Oct 2020

In the Bush - Durras

 Dusky Coral-pea Kennedia rubicunda












Blueberry Ash Elaeocarpus reticulatus












Sweet Pittosporum Pittosporum undulatum












Yellow Pittosporum Pittosporum revolutum












Climbing Guinea flower Hibbertia scandens












Cheese Tree Glochidion sp.












Common Ringlet Hypocysta metirius













13 Oct 2020

In The Sand - Durras

Coast Wattle Acacia longifolia subsp. sophorae


 








Coast Beard Heath Leucopogon parviflorus










Tiger Moth Amata sp.












Dog Cockle Glycymeris sp.












Magpie Moth Nyctemera amicus












Acacia Leaf Beetle Dicranosterna immaculata












Very large Longhorn beetle, maybe Coptocercus sp.












Stab marks from a Sooty Oystercatcher's beak Haematopus fuliginosus












An Antlion larvae -family Neuroptera











Here he is burrowing




And seals