Ourimbah RTA

Short walk this morning through the Ourimbah RTA reserve.


Red Browed Finch













White Necked Heron
Brown Thornbill?
Swamp wallaby

Hunter Symmetry

  Todays walk on both the north and south breakwaters of the Hunter River at Newcastle.




















Train to Newcastle and then Ferry to Stockton to walk out on the North breakwater first. This breakwater incorporates some wrecks from late 19th and early 20 century into it's construction.







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Sooty oystercatchers along the Stockton breakwater.

Pod of dolphins cruises past while waiting for the return ferry to Newcastle after a nice lunch and beer at the General Washington Hotel.

The belltower of the Customs House now a bar and function centre with a lovely fountain out the front.

Nobbys Head

.Bouy it was a good day.

Googong

A couple of photo's from Googong Foreshores in february. Walk to London Bridge.

Kariong Brook

Walked in to Kariong Brook from Staples Lookout on Sunday before work. About 1 hr in and another back with 1/2 hr playing with ND filters again. Would be better photography in the aftrnoon with the sun behind the camera. An excuse to return another day.

Spoon Bay

Short walk down to Spoon Bay. First time using Nuetral Density Filters.
Also using fish eye filter.
And a couple of shots with the Sigma telephoto.

Bird Photo's

A few bird photo's taken over the last year.
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Chestnut Teal
Spotted Pardolote

Capertee National Park

Found my way to the new Capertee National Park only to find a locked gate and a private property sign. Drove on into Kandos for phone coverage and called National Parks who advised that the park is open at this stage only by calling in advance and giving your reason for visiting. Talked to the Ranger in charge who was very helpful and and after voicing my concerns that this detail is not mentioned on their website gave me the combination to the gate and allowed me entrance. Once back at the park I set up camp and then walked with the camera along the river.
As was middle of the day there wasn't many birds around and although I was told by the caretaker that the Regent honeyeaters had been around I didnt see any. The river is a series of pools but these seem to have some flow to them before disappearing beneath the sand again.
A wombat was out in the middle of the day and at first I thought was covered in mud. On a closer look am now unsure of that and think that it may be some form of disease. He let me get pretty close before making a run back to his burrow. After this short walk returned back to camp for lunch and then another short walk with the binoculars before an afternoon nap. At about 4pm the rain started and continued into the night and the next morning. packed up and left early with rain all the way back over the mountains. Will return at some stage for some more walks up into the hills and further along the river.

Turon National Park

Some photos from my last weekend away. All of the Turon River National Park. The park is a short drive from the town of Capertee in the NSW Central West.
Weather permitting will visit Capertee National park this week. This national Park is apparently a recent purchase of an old pastoral property near Bogee in the Capertee valley.