An Outing to West Head, or, Looking For a Cool Breeze.

Somewhere to go that would be cooler than home.

The Hawksbury River looking towards Broken Bay.

Sea-plane landing on the Hawksbury River.

Walking down to West Head Lookout with Barrenjoey Headland and Palm Beach in the distance.

Barrenjoey Headland.

2 ways of getting around.

Broken Bay

Broken Bay and Palm Beach.

Kite surfing at Palm Beach.

Overlooking Pittwater from West Head.

Sea-plane Landing in Pittwater.

Lion Island with Umina Beach and Brisbane Waters in the background.

Aboriginal engraving site in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.

Aboriginal engravings.

'Pecked petroglyphs' as the engraving are know, were made by striking the rock surface with a pointed stone or a strong shell. Small pits or holes were made and usually overlapped to form a groove. Using water as a lubricant, rough grooves were smoothed out to form an outline.

 The pecked designs took a variety of forms - concentric circles, lines, the outlines of animals, people, fish, birds, weapons, reptiles, animal tracks and mythical beings.

Aboriginal engravings.

Aboriginal engravings.

Aboriginal engravings.

Spiney-tailed Golden Ants in Dwarf Apple blossom.

Akuna Bay Cruising Club.

Out of the water, boat storage.

If I only had a spare 5 or 6 million dollars, this could be mine.

Something to tow behind the bigger one.

Akuna Bay Cruising Club.

Wherever I went these 'beams'  would radiated from my head.

Taree and Rabbadise.

A sad trip away to the mid-north coast town of Taree to attend the funeral of Lynn's uncle, Norm Place.

Norm Place  1929 - 2013.

 We were only in Taree for 2 nights, 15th - 16th Dec. Before leaving we took the opportunity to visit a friend who had just moved to a property outside of Wingham. 

Manning River Taree.
Looking at what is left of the  remnant rainforest that once dominated the area, now confined to the small
Coocumbac Island Nature Reserve.

Martin Bridge, Taree.

Black Prince Cicada.
 The black prince was valued at "three cherrynoses, four floury bakers,
five yellow mondays or a thousand green grocers" by Australian journalist
 Peter FitzSimons in his childhood  (Wikipedia).

Black Prince Cicada  -  Taree NSW

Manning River from the Apex Park Lookout.

Manning River from the Apex Park Lookout. This farmland was once covered in rainforest.

Wingham Brush Nature Reserve boardwalk.

  

Rainforest  giant. 

Buttress roots of a rainforest giant. 

Land Mullet Skink, Wingham Brush Nature Reserve.

Land Mullet (skink) and Brush Turkey.

Grey-headed Flying Fox colony in Wingham Brush Nature Reserve.

Grey-headed Flying Fox (fruit bat) colony in Wingham Brush Nature Reserve.

Grey-headed Flying Fox, mother and young.

Grey-headed Flying Fox (fruit bat) colony in Wingham Brush Nature Reserve.

Grey-headed Flying Fox.

Brush Turkey testing temperature and condition of nest mound.

Brush Turkey chicks, Wingham Brush.

Welcome to 'Rabbadise'. The view from the road near David's place.

The loo-with-a-view. Who needs walls!

David's Rabbadise  (paradise).

Black and Grey True Bee Fly  -  Meomyia sericans.
Probably laying eggs, at David's place.

Nice to see Brush Box growing in the wild.

Grass Trees slightly singed after the August fires.

A nice green spot along Dingo Tops Road.

A portable saw mill in the area.

One way bridge.
 Aboriginal people called this waterway 'Ghongol'.