Mt Aggie

Coprosma Coprosma hirtella

This one has a cute bug

Silver Xenica Oreixenica lathoniella

Wasp galls on Snow Gums

Australian Caraway in seed Oreomyrrhis eriopoda

Spent Triggerplant stems pretending to be leek orchids Stylidium graminifolium

Orange Everlasting Xerochrysum subundulatum in seed

Red berries of Mountain Beard Heath Acrothamnus hookeri

Native Raspberry Rubus parvifolius

Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora

Chamomile Sunrays in abundance Rhodanthe anthemoides

Views north towards Burrinjuck

Mt Aggie summit. To the left of the cairn are views west to the Bogongs, Koscuiszko NP

Picnic Point

Narrow-leaf Geebung Persoonia linearis

Pink Hyacinth Orchid Dipodium roseum (petals curved back)

Blotched Hyacinth Orchid Dipodium variegatum

Scentless Rosewood Synoum glandulosum

Pastel Flower Pseuderanthemum variabile

White Root Lobelia purpurascens

Splendid Ochre Trapezites symmomus

Westringia fruticosa right by the shore

Ruby Saltbush Enchylaena tomentosa

Eggs of the Cartrut Shell Dicathais orbita

Razor Grinder Henicopsaltria eydouxii

The sea and the rocks

Flynns Beach

Cunjevoi Pyura stolonifera washed up with various treasures attached

Barnacles, maybe Tesseropora rosea, green Sea Lettuce Ulva sp. and pink weed is Amphiroa anceps

Leather Kelp Eklonia radiata, and at the right back is Green Velvet Weed Codium fragile

Neptunes Necklace Hormosira banksii

Sea Stars of the eight-armed variety Patiriella calcar

Waratah anemone Actinia tenebrosa and Zebra Top Shells Austrocochlea porcata

I was happy to discover this unusual shady tree was a native, but then saddened to find out it is endangered.

Necklacepod Sophora tomentosa

Port Macquarie is a stronghold for this species

Long necklace pods visible against the sky

A Shag on a rock...

Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

Green Serpentite rocks showing up clearly in this shaded shot of a little decorated cave

Black rock masses were sticking out from within the greener material (not a geologist)

Flynns Beach

Firetail Cicadas Emerging

Right place, right time. Cicadas emerging from thier cases on Jadar Trail

Possibly they are one of the Firetail Cicadas group Yoyetta sp.

Drying the wings

Becoming darker as the process continues

Cicada emerging on flowering Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora