Composite - Friday, Saturday and Monday.

This is a composite effort, Friday, Saturday and Monday.

Friday was cold and windy day and was mainly spent out with friends but did included a short time showing them some wildflowers in Brisbane Waters National Park.

Saturday Lynn and I went on part of the Boudii Coastal Walk where I was able to sneak in a few floral shots, more photos from this walk can be seen here:  Gumnuts....and Other Stuff.

 Mondays flowers were from a drive through the Watagan Mountains, more photos from this drive can be seen here:  Gumnuts....and Other Stuff.

The 3 locations.



Telopea speciosissima  -  NSW Waratah.
Brisbane Waters National Park.

 



Boronia pinnata  -  Pinnate Boronia.
Brisbane Waters National Park.

 

Leucopogon parviflorus  -  Coast Beard-heath.
If only these flowers were the size of roses.
Boudii Coastal Walk.

 



Viola hederacea  -  Native Violet, Ivy-leaved Violet.
Boudii Coastal Walk.

 



Histiopteris incisa  -  Bat's Wing Fern.
Boudii Coastal Walk.

 

Comesperma ericinum  -
  Pink Matchheads / Heath Milkwort.
Boudii Coastal Walk.

 

Kennedia rubicunda  -  Dusky Coral Pea.
Boudii Coastal Walk.

 



Epacris longiflora  -  Fuchsia Heath.
Boudii Coastal Walk.

 

Pomaderris sp   ( lanigera ??)
Boudii Coastal Walk.

 

Westringia fruticosa  - Coastal Rosemary.
Boudii Coastal Walk.

 

Thelymitra ixioides  -
 Spotted Sun Orchid, Blue Sun Orchid.
Watagan Mountains.

 

Dracophyllum secundum  -  Necklace Heath.
I've been wondering for a while what the flowers of this plant looked like.
Watagan Mountains.

 

Hibbertia sp    (dentata ??)
Watagan Mountains.

 

Clematis sp.
Watagan Mountains.

 

Pittosporum undulatum  -  Native Daphne, Sweet Pittosporum, Snowdrop Tree.
Watagan Mountains.

 



Senecio sp.
Watagan Mountains.

 



Coronidium (Helichrysum) elatum  -  White Paper Daisy, Tall Everlasting.
Watagan Mountains.

 

Inigofera ausralis  -  Native Indego.
Watagan Mountains.

FEATHERS, FUR and FANG.                 Some Of The Wildlife Seen.

Spotted Quail-thrush.
Watagan Mountains.

This Lace Monitor  (Goanna), which was walking along
 the road, escapes by climbing a tree.
Watagan Mountain.

This Lace Monitor  (Goanna) was trying to get food scraps out of a rubbish bin.
Watagan Mountains.

 

 

 

Beetle enjoying a sweet meal.
Boudii Coastal Walk.

 

Waratah Trig Rd. 9th August 2013

Only had 1.5 hours to spare today due to other commitments, but it only took a couple of hundred metres to find these beauties in this top spot on the Central Coast.

Acacia oxycedrus  -  Spike Wattle.

 

Grevillea sericea  -  Pink Spider-flower.

 

Eriostemon australasius  -  Pink Wax Flower

 

Epacris microphylla  -  Coral Heath

 

Fungus growing on a piece of bark in the leave litter.

 

Comesperma volubile  -  Love Creeper.
Had been waiting 6 years to photograph this plant after seeing it growing
in Tasmania.

 

Zieria laevigata  -  
Smooth Zieria, Smooth-leaved Zieria, Twiggy Midge Bush.

 

Tetratheca shiressii      (one of the Black-eyed Susans, no common name)

 

The flattened stems of this Bossiaea scolopendria (no common name)
make it look more like a succulent.

 

Two Boronia sp. try to outdo each other.

 

Telopea speciosissima  -  Waratah.
This will be a spectacular sight when fully opened.

 

Boronia pinnata  -  Pinnate Boronia.

 

Banksia ericifolia  -  Heath Banksia.

 

Philotheca salsolifolia  -  Philotheca.

 

Hibbertia sp.

 

Conospermum longifolium  -  Long-leaf Coneseed.
I love the structure of this flower.

 

Boronias with a touch of red from grevillea.

 

Boronia ledifolia  -  Showy Boronia, Sydney Boronia, Ledum Boronia.

 

Dillwynia sp.  (possibly elegans)

 

Phebalium squamulosum  -  Scaly phebalium.
Like a miniature fireworks display.

 

TODAY'S  LANDSCAPE / HABITAT.

Saw this ground orchid the next day so I thought I'd add it on the end.

Lyperanthus suaveolens  -  Brown Beaks.

Brisbane Waters National Park. 12th April 2013

A very rushed one and a half hours in this normally floriferous area (it would blow your mind in early spring) on the central coast.

 

Leptospermum squarrosum  -  Pink Tea-tree

 

Pultenaea ferruginea var. deanei   
   (no common name)

 

Drosera peltata  -  Pale Sundew, Shield Sundew

 

Xylomelum pyriforme  -  Woody Pear
(new growth)

 

Philotheca salsolifolia  -  Philotheca

 

(not sure)

 

Leucopogon microphyllus. Small-leaved White Beard.
How cute is this little gem.

 

Xanthorrhoea sp  -  Grass Tree.
Yes this is a plant. This bud will become 100's, if not 1000s,
of nectar filled flowers.

 

Acacia suaveolens  -  Sweet Wattle

 

Leptosperm​um trinervium - Flaky-bark​ed Tea-tree.

 

Bossiaea heterophylla  -  Variable Bossiaea.

 

Banksia ericifolia  -  Heath Banksia

 

Grevillea sericea  -  Pink Spider-flower.
Flower and seed pods.

 

Tetratheca thymifolia  - 
Black-eyed Susan.

 

Grevillea speciosa  -   Red Spider Flower.

 

Pimelea linifolia ssp. linifolia  -  Slender Rice-flower.

 

FEATHERS, FUR and FANG.       Some Of The Wildlife Seen Today.

This little fellow just happened to be in the photo.