Another still blue sky day. Need to move my car out of the garage to my own garage. Chose to drive down to Lane Cove NP to look for maroonhood orchids in known location
Parked up to walk to known spot for those maroonhoods down Rudder Creek. Not happy with what came next
Track had been smashed by fire trail work - cut down to the ground - any chance of orchids surviving is low in their flowering time
Cannot believe they choose to do the track work right in flowering time - I know of only two colonies of this orchid in the area.
Turning into a mushroom day - these on a tree stump
Between the track work and the hazard reduction game bush looks like a moonscape
Mushrooms were doing better after the burn - orange
Curled up shapes
Did find a few orchid leaves in the burned bits - bonnet orchids with burgundy backs
Moulded mushroom form
Ochre form right in the track
Drop down to the creek with its noce reflections
Did find an acianthus orchid finished flowering. This track is not the best for orchids - houses too close above and river too close below
Two tone mushrooms with a tinge of crimson purple
Budding greenhood looking a bit dried out
A quite different mushroom - almost like a puffer mushroom
Gunmetal grey model
And also in steely grey on the way back
A colony of chiloglottis orchid leaves in a known spot on the way back - flowing over a rock. Would love to see this big colony flowering. No idea what they are but the slightly edged leaves seem the same as the ones on our local track. At least I will see them when they open
A mushroom lurking in the chiloglottis leaves
The track I was on us part of Great North Walk. I can tell you that when I do that walk I will start further north. This segment close to the city is poor for orchids. Track joins up with Gloucester fire trail - also had work done.
NSW coral heath flower survived the work
Walked the streets the 3 kms back to the car rather than walk the Rudder Creek mess. The whole walk had also been punctuated by the sound of building work from Macquarie Park - just over the Lane Cove River
Walk back was along a wide verge area - best walk that edge in case there are orchids. Found a few greenhood colonies
Pea flowers too - had not seen any in the bush sections.
Disappointing walk which reinforces my challenges of where we live. The nearest NP is Lane Cove and its walk have been overcrowded to the detriment of the orchids. And it is hard for me to cycle to where I used to walk
Dinner: Honey soy chicken BBQ from a new cook book I got for my birthday
Trade action: Added to small scale Canadian uranium stocks plus Paladin - CVV.V and PUR.V and PDN.AX. Australia and Canada have June 30 financial year end. There is selling ahead of that which makes a good time for long haul buyers
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