Pelicans Pelecanus conspicillatus
Zebra Top Shell Austrocochlea porcata
Tapered Ark Shell Anadara trapezia
Also known as Sydney Cockle, Ark Cockle or Blood Cockle as they have red blood
Zebra Top Austrocochlea porcata
Sausage Blubber- the eggs of the Moon Snails Conuber sp. are suspended in this jelly
Tracks of a tiny Hermit Crab at home in a Mud Whelk shell Battillaria australis
Track of a Moon Snail Conuber sordidus
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Birds of the feeding areas:
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus molucannus
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
Long Billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
A wet Rainbow
12 Oct 2018
1 Oct 2018
AAWT - Day 3 - Booroomba Rocks to Honeysuckle Creek
Booroomba Rocks
Leionema Leionema lamprophyllum subs. obovatum
Lemon Bottlebrush Callistemon pallidus
Rayed Blue Candalides heathi
Alpine Star Bush- maybe -Asterolasia trymalioides
Grevillea Grevillea oxyantha subsp. oxyantha
More Booroomba Rocks
Tennent and Deadmans from Booroomba
Along the track to Honeysuckle Creek - The orange is Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressifomis and the yellow is Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata
Beard-heath Leucopogon sp.
Blanket Bush Bedfordia arborescens
Dagger Wattle Acacia siculiformis
Woolly Grevillea Grevillea lanigera
Coral Heath Epacris microphylla
Wedge-leaf Wattle Acacia pravissima
Honeysuckle Creek
Leionema Leionema lamprophyllum subs. obovatum
Lemon Bottlebrush Callistemon pallidus
Rayed Blue Candalides heathi
Alpine Star Bush- maybe -Asterolasia trymalioides
Grevillea Grevillea oxyantha subsp. oxyantha
More Booroomba Rocks
Tennent and Deadmans from Booroomba
Along the track to Honeysuckle Creek - The orange is Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressifomis and the yellow is Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata
Beard-heath Leucopogon sp.
Blanket Bush Bedfordia arborescens
Dagger Wattle Acacia siculiformis
Woolly Grevillea Grevillea lanigera
Coral Heath Epacris microphylla
Wedge-leaf Wattle Acacia pravissima
Honeysuckle Creek
Labels:
AAWT,
ACT,
Asteraceae,
butterfly,
Ericaceae,
mimosaceae,
Namadgi,
Protaceae,
Rutaceae
16 Sept 2018
AAWT - Day 2 - Bushfold Flats to Booroomba Rocks
Dry open grassland at Bushfold Flats
Looking to our destination between Deadmans Hill (left) and Booroomba Rocks (centre)
Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon at Reads Hut
One of only two Cymbonotus flowers today
A very dead pig
The trap nearby
Wombat skull
Silver wattle Acacia dealbata. Not flowering as profusely as this time last year.
Ruins of Bushfold Flats hut
Very old Apple Box from the farm days Eucalyptus bridgesiana
Tiny, tiny flowers of Dwarf Cherry Exocarpos strictus
Caterpillar of Pasture Day Moth Apino callisto. The caterpillar burrows into the ground to pupate. Here is an adult moth that was prepared earlier.
One of only two Hovea heterophylla plants in flower seen today. It's been a dry year.
The beautiful wet mountain forest near Booroomba Rocks
Looking to our destination between Deadmans Hill (left) and Booroomba Rocks (centre)
Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon at Reads Hut
One of only two Cymbonotus flowers today
A very dead pig
The trap nearby
Wombat skull
Silver wattle Acacia dealbata. Not flowering as profusely as this time last year.
Ruins of Bushfold Flats hut
Very old Apple Box from the farm days Eucalyptus bridgesiana
Tiny, tiny flowers of Dwarf Cherry Exocarpos strictus
Caterpillar of Pasture Day Moth Apino callisto. The caterpillar burrows into the ground to pupate. Here is an adult moth that was prepared earlier.
One of only two Hovea heterophylla plants in flower seen today. It's been a dry year.
The beautiful wet mountain forest near Booroomba Rocks
Labels:
AAWT,
ACT,
Apina callisto,
Asteraceae,
Cymbonotus,
Fabaceae,
Hovea heterophylla,
Huts,
mammals,
mimosaceae,
moth,
myrtaceae,
Namadgi,
santalaceae
17 Jul 2018
Booderee
Beach at Green Patch
Oysters
Rosette Barnacle Tetraclitella purpurascens
Comb Sand Star Astropecten vappa
Red Bait Crab Plagusia chabrus
Sand Anemone Oulactis mucosa
Bristol Point
Dusky Coral Pea Kennedia rubicunda
At Murrays Beach, looking across to Bowen Island. This place was once earmarked to become a nuclear power plant !? It never happened. May we never entertain it again.
Branches of Banksia growing right onto the sandy shore Banksia integrifolia
Fan Shell
Blue Australwink (Periwinkles) Austrolittorina unifasciata
Oysters
Rosette Barnacle Tetraclitella purpurascens
Comb Sand Star Astropecten vappa
Red Bait Crab Plagusia chabrus
Sand Anemone Oulactis mucosa
Bristol Point
Dusky Coral Pea Kennedia rubicunda
Snakeskin Chiton Sypharochiton pelliserpentis
Branches of Banksia growing right onto the sandy shore Banksia integrifolia
Fan Shell
Blue Australwink (Periwinkles) Austrolittorina unifasciata
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