21 Dec 2020

A Few Nice Moths

Red-lined Geometrid Crypsiphona ocultaria


Light Brown Apple Moths mating Epiphyas postvittana


Red-lined Geometrid showing red-lined underside



Bold Phrataria Phrataria bijugata



19 Dec 2020

Reeds Creek

 Old Cherry Trees at Oldfields Hut



Anchor Plant Discaria pubescens



Bitter Pea Daviesia mimosoides



Shaggy-pea Oxylobium ellipticum




Mountain Caps Caladenia alpina





Highland Golden Moths -Flowering 21st Nov20- Diuris monticola



Common Bird Orchid opening Chiloglottis valida



18 Dec 2020

Black Mountain 2020

Black Mountain 14/11/20

Fringe Lilies, large and numerous this year Thysanotus tuberosus





















Woolly Pointed Everlasting Coronidium oxylepis



Lydia Lichen Moth Asura lydia





















The signs are old but good



























Chocolate Lily Arthropodium fimbriatum





















Yellow Rush Lily Tricoryne elatior




Tall Lobelia Lobelia gibbosa





















Prickly Starwort Stellaria pungens

















Australian Admiral Vanessa itea





















Black Mountain Tower




8 Dec 2020

The Gib

 The Stone Stairs 





















Wallaby Weed - a daisy bush Olearia viscidula












Nodding Blue Lily Stypandra glauca












Spiny-headed Mat Rush Lomandra longifolia












Scrambling Lily Geitonoplesium cymosum












Tiger Orchids were plentiful Diuris sulphurea (late October)












Showy Isotome Isotoma axillaris






















Old Mans Beard Clematis aristata













Headache Vine Clematis glycinoides










Apple Berry Billardiera scandens










Two Bag Shelter Moths, showing two pattern variations Ochrogaster lunifer












The 1930's "shelter sheds"










On the top










Trig with complimentary ladder












Mt Gibraltar is a volcanic intrusion about 150 million years old, set in wet sclerophyl forest. Known locally as "The Gib".