Slow start on a blue sky day. Pushed to write up overnight investing to be on a walking track in the National Park soon after midday. Hoping to find new greenhood openers - have two in mind
Fringed helmet orchid to start
Nice cluster below the track growing on top of an old shell midden - corybas fimbriatus
Several open flowers in frame
One photo showing the oysters shells from the midden. The people who laid down those shells have not lived here maybe 100 or 150 years or more
The midden site just above the water of Cowan Creek South Branch
Mushroom in miniature
Waxflower - hard to get focus right
Hiding in the undergrowth on the other bank is a grey heron
New rock orchid location right next to the track
And high up above the track
Wattle flower in great light
A few epacris longiflora still going
Even a few of these yellow flowers - hibbertia
Walked further than I normally do to the creek that comes down from Sphinx Memorial. Not a good area for orchids as it is all casuarina bush
Surprised to find a flannel flower still going
More mini mushrooms
Back to orchids - cobra greenhood - not wanting to show labellum
Pterostylis grandifloris
Pixie caps orchid - acianthus fornicatus - #3 flowering for the day
Nodding greenhood - pterostylis nutans with raindrop or condensation drop. Not rained a few days.
Zoom in shows serrations on the labellum
Spurred helmet orchid - corybas aconitiflorus #5 for the day
Looks like a flower but is actually new leaf growth on a grevillea
More acianthus fornicatus - pixie caps orchid in low light
Did find a few more cobra greenhoods - this one was happy to show its labellum
A few more corybas aconitiflorus on the way back
Spurs showing up well - spurred helmet orchid
Sometimes a photographer just gets lucky. This butterfly was happy to pose and did not fly off
Side on shows the outer wing colours
Was a fab walk - still with no breeze
Did have to walk the dog when I got back. We are looking after a friend's dog. Walking seems to fall to me.
Did a little garden tidy up. Not my fun game
Dinner: Cooked rice to go with roast duck laksa I cooked a few days back. Easy
Trade action: Bought ASEA, BAC, BBD, DML.TO, MS, SGML, AWK, ELV. Markets were happy to rise into last dsy of the quarter. Going with them
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