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Led by Jim Percy and Barrie Murdoch. | Led by Jim Percy and Barrie Murdoch. | ||
- | On Christmas Day 1981, Two Triple Jay, aamittedly | + | On Christmas Day 1981, Two Triple Jay, admittedly |
By this time I was starting to think I was preparing for a trip to Antarctica. However, I was glad I took all those items. We drove up on boxing Day and made a cold camp at Sawpit Creek. Next day we rendezvoused at Charlotte' | By this time I was starting to think I was preparing for a trip to Antarctica. However, I was glad I took all those items. We drove up on boxing Day and made a cold camp at Sawpit Creek. Next day we rendezvoused at Charlotte' | ||
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As one who has been going to " | As one who has been going to " | ||
- | The destruction of these items is regretable | + | The destruction of these items is regrettable |
Let's hope the Coolana Committee is consulted in the future. | Let's hope the Coolana Committee is consulted in the future. | ||
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- | Page 16 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALiER January, | + | ===== Nature Notes - Uloola Track. ===== |
- | NATURE NOTES ULOOLA TRACK. | + | |
by Kath Brown. | by Kath Brown. | ||
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+ | " | ||
He was looking at a straight stem bearing a cluster of blackened seed pods, or so I thought. | He was looking at a straight stem bearing a cluster of blackened seed pods, or so I thought. | ||
- | "Oh, what colour is the flower?" | + | |
+ | "Oh, what colour is the flower?" | ||
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+ | "Black - that's it." said Jim. | ||
" | " | ||
- | "Well, as you see. And the flower books say ' | ||
- | I looked closely at this ' | ||
- | During the rest of the easy day walk I noticed many of these black flower clusters on the top of the two to three foot stems, with reed-like leaves at the base. I suppose ' | ||
- | The walk was along the Uloola Track, near Waterfall, and passes along the Uloola Swamp which was burnt out completely during the bushfires of November 1980. I'm pleased-to r4ot-thatI-the-rsvirami) is making a good | ||
- | recovery, looking nice and green again, mainly from new grasses. But also the blackboys are recovering, and bear many tall spikes-which had flowered in the spring and now, in early summer, had many small brown seed pods on them. | ||
- | The swamp banksia was also growing well, its new growth covered with | ||
- | golden-brown hairs, like velvet. We also saw some new flower spikes, mostly | ||
- | still tight and brown, but one or two getting the typical bright emerald . | ||
- | green colour that the swamp banksia flowers have. The banksia asplenifolia, | ||
- | this is covered with rust-brown velvet. There wero other small flowers | ||
- | in the swamp - white heaths, yellow-eyes (xyris) and also native parsley - with its charming sprays of creamy flowers. | ||
- | But the thing that was -most striking and. delightful were the many | ||
- | Christmas Bells in flower. The whole swamp was spotted with them. | ||
- | Further along the track we saw pink trigger flowers, bright blue lobelia, mauve scaevola and mauve fringed iiiy and also more native parsley. Near | ||
- | tfloola Falls tall shrubs of Christthastush.were.turning' | ||
- | The easy day walks not too far from Sydney have a different interest | ||
- | every time you do them,as the changing seasons bring the many different flowers, both beautiful or strange. | ||
- | *'* * * * * ** * | ||
+ | "Well, as you see. And the flower books say ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | I looked closely at this ' | ||
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+ | During the rest of the easy day walk I noticed many of these black flower clusters on the top of the two to three foot stems, with reed-like leaves at the base. I suppose ' | ||
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+ | The walk was along the Uloola Track, near Waterfall, and passes along the Uloola Swamp which was burnt out completely during the bushfires of November 1980. I'm pleased to report that the swamp is making a good recovery, looking nice and green again, mainly from new grasses. But also the blackboys are recovering, and bear many tall spikes which had flowered in the spring and now, in early summer, had many small brown seed pods on them. | ||
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+ | The swamp banksia was also growing well, its new growth covered with golden-brown hairs, like velvet. We also saw some new flower spikes, mostly still tight and brown, but one or two getting the typical bright emerald green colour that the swamp banksia flowers have. The banksia asplenifolia, | ||
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+ | But the thing that was most striking and delightful were the many Christmas Bells in flower. The whole swamp was spotted with them. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Further along the track we saw pink trigger flowers, bright blue lobelia, mauve scaevola and mauve fringed lily, and also more native parsley. Near Uloola Falls tall shrubs of Christmas bush were turning red and there were summer wattles in flower. | ||
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+ | The easy day walks not too far from Sydney have a different interest every time you do them, as the changing seasons bring the many different flowers, both beautiful or strange. | ||
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