Cockle Creek

Morning paddle up Cockle Creek at Bobbin Head. Paddled from here a few times but not up under the boardwalk on Cockle Creek.

 Paddled both arms of Cockle Creek. Was on the water approx 1 1/2 hrs including getting out at the waterfall for photos.

Even on a Sunday morning mid summer there wasnt many people on the water.

My Olympus camera has a "magic filter" option which I used for this shot. Looks like it just increases the colour saturation. Have had this camera for some years now but only just starting to play with the settings.

Panorama of the waterfall at the end of the smaller arm of the creek.

Brooklyn Dam

Afternoon walk to Brooklyn Dam.Starting at Brooklyn towards Parsley Bay, a steep push up the fire trail and then along the ridge into the dam.

Signage says 2klm each way. Small dam with a camping area (no facilities) along a section of the Great North Walk. Nice swimming hole for a warm day.

 

Views back over the Hawkesbury River Bridge.

Welcome Swallow posing nicely for me.

Palm Beach Paddle

Lovely paddle at Palm Beach.
Lion Island from under Barranjoey.

Late afternoon looking across Pittwater. Panorama taken with Olympus waterproof.

A windy day, perfect for playing with my Windpaddle sail on the kayak. Working out how close crosswind I can paddle.

Ourimbah Creek Chittaway

Short walk on Sunday chasing birds. Red Wattlebird feeding from Lagunaria patersonia. Notice the pollen on his forhead.

An Australasian Figbird.

Photogenic Rainbow Lorikeets.

And a female Common Koel.

Mooney Mooney Creek

Morning walk before work along Mooney Mooney Creek. Approx 8klm return.

Lots of mullet in the upper reaches.

Lace Monitor. One of two seen.

Eastern Water Dragon

At the rock bar where the track crosses the creek. The destination of our walk.

Calm reflection.

Waterfall into a plunge pool.

Panorama of the plunge pool.

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Creek panorama.

Yalwal

Tianjara Falls on the Nowra- Braidwood road.

Short stop here on the way from Mt Bushwalker to Yalwal.

Had the Yalwal camping area almost to ourselves, so a quick set up of camp and collect firewood and off for a paddle in Danjera Dam just before sunset.

The evening tranquility.

Packed up camp the next day and then another couple of hours on the dam.

Yalwal is an old gold mining town inland from Nowra and was flooded when they built the dam.

Plenty of birds and fish jumping.

The further you go to the back of the dam the more drowned trees.

Mt Bushwalker

Picked my son up after work from the Hornsby station at 2235 and headed down to Cecil hoskins Nature Reserve and set up camp in the car park. In bed by 0045 on the Thursday.

Short walk around the reserve on the Wingecarribe River in the morning.

Plenty of water coming over the weir.

Lake Conjola from Pointer Gap Lookout near the start of our Walk out to Mt Bushwalker.

Glossy Black Cockatoos at the start of the track.

The view from Mt Bushwalker looking down the Clyde River Valley. Overcast and mist obscuring some of the view.

Panorama of the same view. First time I have used this feature on my little Olympus camera.

Impressed with the results from the in camera stitching of 2 or 3 photos.

The track through the thick heath.