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. ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/0e6154a5-1de3-4c5c-8cb8-d81fa196fd08.jpg) 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 ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/4c3794c2-c820-4b43-a9a7-845254b994e2.jpg) 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 ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/e30f1d61-36ff-49ce-9fc5-71db7350a4ec.jpg) Follow the footprints and enjoy the little terns who summer here - at least 10 in the photo ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/dfd8ff4c-cd79-4999-910b-e4ba86affafb.jpg) Edge of the mangroves and a few little terns - just a few of both ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/1e86fbb3-ef9a-415f-b8b1-1991fd08990c.jpg) View back to the mountain across fallen tree - good colours ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/3d9c5f73-fc6e-47fb-afec-b21d23469d9e.jpg) Black oystercatcher between the nesting area and the water - only one I saw ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/042e1c48-aba4-4fe3-a2ec-b2b83b8cbb0c.jpg) 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 ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/35be82e1-4a8f-420e-abd9-948219d37bb1.jpg) A new flower - creeping brookweed - weed might be the word ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/b7027fa3-edaa-497c-9d6c-3de1f0233de6.jpg) A cocoon arranged to a fallen leaf - spider or moth or butterfly? ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/d4229e86-0ba2-4b0e-84b5-a4b57f008270.jpg) 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 ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/1955db2f-65b4-4bdf-bc8a-4f6bf698ce8a.jpg) 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 ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/6053cea5-2915-4a69-8e45-f8986b6b80b4.jpg) Like this - canopy is 8 to 10 metres above and trunk is more than a metre around ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/ee6f9172-bc86-41e0-bcbe-62edff2f50cc.jpg) 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 ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/639ed5fb-1c97-4a6c-95a5-fb0a757d903d.jpg) Like this ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/5a9ff589-1f0c-41ea-b69c-17e5a002bb19.jpg) A twist below ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/b0489dde-2c12-47ee-973f-8f18d6d502af.jpg) And soaring tall above ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/d66ee0ae-759a-47c4-bf59-3f5a97bd14d4.jpg) Australian native violet - first for the day for my granddaughter Violette ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/89514546-d977-4ecb-9b62-7b7d657b3481.jpg) Back to photographing grass seeds - makes good topic and hard to photograph ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/5fd7cca4-5096-450a-80d4-314f0ed33012.jpg) 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 ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/32fc1180-ec07-4b7d-af37-1473e430442e.jpg) And another a little higher ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/1fecf63b-de1b-4526-9912-2b16532a1924.jpg) And up high another 5 metres up - a full grown version. It is amazing to see what one finds when one stops to look ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/626048cb-3874-41d7-9368-01540f03f106.jpg) This is one of the few remaining littoral rainforests left - get the atmosphere - the sound of the sea, crickets and no people ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/ebcdae22-680e-4673-b93b-7ebb76e5b654.jpg) Stopped to check a skink - too quick for a photo but there were these golden mushrooms - the only ones seen today ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/f29fa755-45ad-45b4-a3de-d231d255958b.jpg) Close up ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/53213836-f6c1-4e90-b68d-39a84365d4ba.jpg) Spied this unfolding form on a runner on the ground - new leaves ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/cdd988d7-6199-4c7e-972a-ee960d54a03b.jpg) 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 ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/0535adb1-727a-4f4e-af46-63524efb5cd5.jpg) Walked down to the beach - a few kids swimming and a log hut ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/44cb9a94-d9be-4a42-a19c-4103bd9d6d60.jpg) Looking south to Crookhaven Heads ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/9b0dfc8c-7832-4412-aeeb-8c4d81e1cce9.jpg) Looking north to Gerroa ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/43be00c0-cfb7-427d-a740-e79b99a045a0.jpg) View back across the beach to Coolangatta Mountain. Was clouded enough to make the walk in open quite cool ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/386c409a-76bb-4726-89d1-e1c1bce1a370.jpg) Did see a few blue bottles - always a problem on open beaches in the summer ' found 3 quite close together ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/40692843-54ca-480b-968c-0ae96c1f4dbd.jpg) One more shot of Coolangatta Mountain on the way back. Mood felt different but the evidence says not much ![](https://usermedia.actifit.io/6d73eb0a-6d32-4f8f-9cea-5fb7804031dc.jpg) 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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02/01/2026

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Cycling, Daily Activity, House Chores, Photowalking

Height 183 cm		Weight 90 kg		Body Fat %
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Height

183 cm

Weight

90 kg

Body Fat

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Waist

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Thighs

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Chest

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January Christmas Tree #2