19 Aug 2017

Blundell Hill

Hardenbergia  Hardenbergia violaceae


Possibly Gorse Bitter-pea Daviesia ulicifolia


Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata


Red-leaf Wattle Acacia rubida


Just a tiny bit of snow about in the shade



Mt Coree with a little snow


Mt Blundell on right


Signs of all the usual suspects- dogs, pigs, deer etc

13 Aug 2017

Rendezvous Creek II

Woolly Grevillea Grevillea lanigera


A first blossom of Broad-leaf Hickory Acacia falciformis


Wedge-leaf Wattle in bud Acacia pravissima



The Sheep Yards




Granite





Plenty of eveidence of wild dogs and pigs



3 Aug 2017

Post 100

Early August on Black Mountain...a stand of Cypress Pines Callitris endlicheri


With one really big old Cypress Pine in the middle




Box-leaf Wattle Acacia buxifolia is mostly in bud


But a few flowers just starting


Early Wattle is in flower Acacia genistifolia



Also Ploughshare Wattle Acacia gunnii


Bushy Needlewood Hakea decurrens




Leucopogon attenuatus


30 Jul 2017

Mt Mugga Mugga

Mt Mugga Mugga


Scribbly Gums Eucalyptus rossii


Near the summit


Golden Wattle- Australia's floral emblem- Acacia pycnantha


It smells good too


Drooping She-oak Allocasuarina verticillata



Blakely's Red Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi


Views east down to Callum Brae


An Echidna was here Tachyglossus aculeatus at a Meat Ant's nest Iridomyrmex purpureus


Spot the Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans


14 Jul 2017

Shells

Reddish-Rayed Abalone Haliotis coccoradiata


Elephant Snail Scutus antipodes


I know these as "Poppers" because they pop in the fire. Crayweed Phyllospora comosa.


Banded Kelp Shells Bankivia fasciata


A Chiton covered in algae, maybe Plaxiphora albida.  Exposed position, quite high on the shore.


Common Limpet Cellana tramoserica


Butterfly Shell (Chiton shell-plate)


Jingle Shell Anomia trigonopsis


Fan Shell Chlamys livida


Spengler's Triton Cabestana spengleri


Toragy Point



And other Treasure