Claire

Born Tuesday 04/01/2011 and weighing 2825 g.

Curracurrang redux

Being lazy we decided to do a walk that we had already done a month ago. Still it is a lovely walk and did not disappoint on the wildlife front.

Copper-tailed Skink (Ctenotus taeniolatus)


Cunningham's Skink (Egernia cunninghami)


Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (Phylidonyris melanops)


Giant Roach


White's Skink (Egernia whitii)


Jacky Lizard (Amphibolurus muricatus)


Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii)

Walk at Kurnell

We are rather limited in what we can do at the moment so decided to go for a walk at Kurnell.

The bird life was not that impressive.


Insect life was only slightly better.

Wattamolla

On the weekend Allan, Adelle and I went for a we stroll in the Royal. We started at wattamolla beach and headed south to a lovely rock pool and waterfall that is a few hundred meters up Curracurrong creek.


There were plenty of large eastern water-dragons around.


This one was quite friendly or thought it had found a giant grub to eat.


The waterfall.


Yabbie

Bees

Had a few native bees on the feeble collection of weeds that grow on the balcony. Better than caterpillars at least.

Marley track

I did the Marley track twice last month once with Allan and once with Adelle, but it is a nice little walk so well worth the repeat. Deer pool would also be worth a visit in the warmer months.

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)


White's Skink (Egernia whitii)

Shanes park bogan retreat

Iain keeps dragging me out to Shane's park so often that I am getting the impression he like the place. Sadly we didn't do very well there as far as birds are concerned but that may have been due to the large number of people riding around on motorbikes.

Magnificently feral

Perrys lookdown

Perrys lookdown is well renowned as a good place to stretch the legs so a fews weeks back in some reasonably mild weather Allan and I went went for a wander up and down it.
Didn't see much in the way of wildlife but there were plenty of other punters out for a brisk stroll.

Hamilton Island

Adelle and I went to Ojia's and Adam's wedding a few weeks ago on Hamilton island. The island is quite developed but there was still some wildlife left in places and we managed to see a green turtle, a monitor, a green tree snake a few birds, some live coral and a heck of a lot of dead coral. There were also golf buggies to drive around the island but unfortunately ours malfunctioned so we spent most of the time walking.

Orange-footed scrubfowl are timid little buggers.


A considerably friendlier Helmeted Friarbird (Philemon buceroides)


Green tree Snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata)

Mt Banks

Adelle, Bill, Allan and I went for a lovely walk in the blue mountains a few weeks back. After considerable deliberation on the way up we decided to go to Mt Banks which turned out to be one of the best walks that I have done in the blue mountains.

The view from the top of the mountain is not that spectacular but it is possible to walk round to the cliffs overlooking the grosse valley and get some good views back towards Blackheath and down the grosse valley.




Chestnit-rumped heathwren