Big rain overnight. Wake to a cloudy cooler day with full cloud. Made a big difference to hot and humid. Did get the recumbent bike set up - photo shared yesterday. Did try to ride - one fall had me keen to get out on the upright bike
Rode to the track in the middle of Seven Mile Beach NP - walked down to beach in pursuit of autumn orchids - nodding greenhoods
It is mushroom season
First acianthus orchid leaves of the season
Australian native violet
The matching leaves
Wrinkly mushrooms
Not sure what this grows into - the lobelia were nearby
Like this close
Aftermath of the big storm the day before. Impressed that the track had been reopened
Acianthus orchid leaf a size bigger
Next cluster of greenhood leaves - more in each cluster than last season
Undescribed species - seem to see them each visit
Twining glycine
Been a challenge to get these in focus - got this one at last
Fire ant protecting its turf
More greenhoods
Surprised to find these budding - dipodium variegatum. Everywhere else are finished
Larger scale mushroom
Budding acianthus orchid - first for the season
Two makes a party
Wandering jew flower twins
A cluster of mushrooms - maybe time to learn about them - plenty as summer flows into autumn
Close up
Walked to the beach - looking north to Gerroa
A cluster of different mushrooms on the way back
Found a few new clusters of greenhood orchids on the way back - detail searching pays. Going to be a great season
Close up - third leaf unfolding - some time to budding - one more lead at least to go
Detail searching unearths other stuff - weevil - looks like a rhinoceros
New cluster at the foot of a big tree
Checked the side track. The few greenhood clusters have many more plants than last season
Good to out riding. Two orchids found budding - one for season past and one for season new. And it did not rain
Evening plan was to cook bbq at a friend's house. My had sourced and prepared a few vege dishes. All I had to do was cook on their BBQ. Came out better than the last few - focus on timing and great ingredients is the lesson
Was a nice evening sitting outside - my favourite place
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