Change for the day. We were going back to Sydney. My wife suggested we stay another day as it was a blue sky day. I like that idea - I like life by the seaside
Tried for a while to think about new approaches for my internet marketing stuff. Have a big book of ideas to guide me along. Truth is my stuff is so far behind. Will take a complete reset to get this to work. Went out late on the bike to walk Comerong Island.
Ride down to the river mouth access. Always a view back to Coolangatta Mountain - lots of timber on the edges from the last floods. I thought a lot had been cleared - clearly not enough
A bit further around from flathead corner - need a high tide to catch fish here. Good news is I can walk across the river mouth on firmish sand
Follow the footprints and enjoy the little terns who summer here - at least 10 in the photo
Edge of the mangroves and a few little terns - just a few of both
View back to the mountain across fallen tree - good colours
Black oystercatcher between the nesting area and the water - only one I saw
Not want I expected to see - 6 sacred ibis on a log next to the water. Normally seen in the farm areas in the floodplain
A new flower - creeping brookweed - weed might be the word
A cocoon arranged to a fallen leaf - spider or moth or butterfly?
2nd time seeing this in the last week or so. Like a leaf curling spider but curling a grass leaf. Smaller than a leaf curling spider
Not a lot of action for orchids on the ground. It is an autumn and winter place. Best look up to the grand trees - all have very distinctive red ribbed bark
Like this - canopy is 8 to 10 metres above and trunk is more than a metre around
A touch of blue above. The twists of the trunks are amazing. Probably started like that closer to the ground to clear the bush below
Like this
A twist below
And soaring tall above
Australian native violet - first for the day for my granddaughter Violette
Back to photographing grass seeds - makes good topic and hard to photograph
Turned back after walking further down the track than previous times. In time I will bring a car and then walk the whole length of the island. Saves the 20 minutes it takes to get to the start of the walk
Saw this touch of green up a trunk - about 2 metres above ground. It is a staghorn
And another a little higher
And up high another 5 metres up - a full grown version. It is amazing to see what one finds when one stops to look
This is one of the few remaining littoral rainforests left - get the atmosphere - the sound of the sea, crickets and no people
Stopped to check a skink - too quick for a photo but there were these golden mushrooms - the only ones seen today
Close up
Spied this unfolding form on a runner on the ground - new leaves
Context photo - chopped off the Covid aware warning - that time is gone - get rid of the signs. In all my time walking this track I have never met another walker. A few vehicles
Walked down to the beach - a few kids swimming and a log hut
Looking south to Crookhaven Heads
Looking north to Gerroa
View back across the beach to Coolangatta Mountain. Was clouded enough to make the walk in open quite cool
Did see a few blue bottles - always a problem on open beaches in the summer ' found 3 quite close together
One more shot of Coolangatta Mountain on the way back. Mood felt different but the evidence says not much
I do enjoy easy access to the water and the bush by bike. A simple little loop and can safely leave the bike standing while I walk. There are not of orchid sightings recorded on Comerong Island. I aim to change that - only because I walk it more than most. There is one I am orchid to find here. One day
Dinner: simple BBQ
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