Dropped my wife at the station early. Gives a full day to explore somewhere different to walk. Blue sky days are good for the mountains. Looked at train times - an hour and 40 minutes to do a 38 minute drive.
Went local train to walk a section of the Great North Walk walked once last year. Got one orchid in mind
Berowra Valley NP - Great North Walk drops down to the river with a fork half way down - one north and one south
Banksia time on the way down
Five corners flowers going well and lots of them
View opening up over the valley
Banksia shoots opening up
Stairs framing for these banksia. Did choose to walk this way around to avoid walking up these stairs
A good day for NSW coral heath flowers - white form
Pink form
A few pea flowers open
Lichen it
A different heath flower
Bonnet orchid leaves
Upside down flower from below
Blue sky above while shooting from below
Mini mushroom standing tall
Hibbertia flower
Sharp greenhood is first orchid of the day - pterostylis acuminata
Matching rosette
Seeded version of sharp greenhood
Next sharp greenhood is sharp. Did find several colonies - some quite large - photos not in focus
Mushroom show time
First showing for mosquito orchid leaves. Only when editing the photos did I notice the flower spike with leaves and the distinctive V shaped of the labellum. It was the target for the walk - bunochilus longifolia - too bad I missed them. I do know where they are for next week
Maybe 20 flowers open in this sharp greenhood cluster
Front on shot against the light - the top of the helmet is in focus
Tricky photo shot - middle of the three flowers is open
Another front on target
Fire trail markers. Next time I will walk in the way I went out - take a left to find the bunochilus longifolia. Then walk some more of the segment down to the river
New helmet orchid find for the season - corybas aconitiflorus
Side on shot shows the reason for its English name - spurred helmet orchid
Twins
Never seen so many helmet orchids open in one place - maybe 50 flowers inside half a square metre
Third orchid for the day - small mosquito orchid - acianthus pusillis. Low light and small subject makes for tough photo work
Spied this fungal form under a rock ledge - not seen anything like it
Native violet on the last slice of the fire trail. For my granddaughter Violette
A bit of suburban walking to get back to the station. Kookaburra posing
Autumn colours against the blue sky. Tapped off a good walk - will do it more often but without the steep bit. Few orchids there - too bushy
Quiet afternoon doing investing stuff at home. Picked my wife up from the station and stopped at shops on the way home
Dinner was something new - gluten free chicken Schnitzel. New product worked well. Late night watching Giro
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