In the Lake - Durras

 The Mud Whelk  Pyrazus ebeninus

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

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

B2B- Day 1- Batemans Bay Bridge to Rotary Park- 17JUL2020

Walking from Batemans Bay to the Border of Victoria. Eventually.

It's a no-rush project.

Here's the first big day- all 1.7km, from Batemans Bay Bridge to the Batemans Bay Rotary Park.

Starting at the site of the new Batemans Bay Bridge.

Sydney Rock Oyster Saccostrea glomerata

The old bridge in the background

The new bridge. I'm struck by the contrast with the food-rich ancient shoreline right underneath it.

Under the old bridge and south along the Clyde

Pelicans, Silver Gulls, Little Black Cormorant.

This street tree- some kind of Lilli Pilli?

Back along the foreshaw

Square Head at far right

This little section of shoreline is right next to busy Beach Road

And round that corner to Rotary Park

Seven Mile Beach

Angel Wings Pholas australasiae



Surf Crab Ovalipes australiensis



A little Ghost Crab Ocypode Cordimana



Here he is hiding in a footprint. He has also lost a claw.



Lots of this



Mt Coolangatta

Murramurrang

Ironstone Boxwork

Nobbly Wink Noddilittorina pyramidalis

Eight-rayed Limpet Patella (Scutellastra) chapmani

Wasp Island

Round rockpools

Green Anemone Aculatinia vaeratra

Snakeskin Chiton Sypharochiton pelliserpentis

Fossils of little bivalve shells

Towards Point Upright and Grasshopper Island

Juvenile Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

Shelly Beach

A tiny little beach

Banksia pod

Its called Shelly Beach but really should be Rocky Beach

Rock colours when wet

Chiton shell

And now, my first attempt at underwater species photography/id/snorkelling with a child:

Waratah Anemone Actinia tenebrosa
The stripey shells are Zebra Topshells Austrocochlea porcata
The bumpy shell upper centre is Mulberry Shell Morula marginalba

Probably a Scad Trachurus sp.

Heres a very common Smooth Toadfish Tetractenos glaber 

Neptunes Necklace Hormosira banksii