Clear sunny day told me to do laundry and go cycling. World Bicycle Day demanded it. Bike parking place has huge symbolism as the FACILITIES CLOSED sign has gone Lovely day for a walk at Apple Tree Bay

Woke to a clear blue sky day but crisp. June it is. Focus for the day was to complete sales page for my membership site. I had chosen to model an existing sales page. Import in Convertri, my page builder

Builder was in early to do kitchen stuff. Hard to make trades work right when the radio and power tools are going. Made two errors which could be expensive. Weekend planned away. Plan is to meet my wife

Busy day doing tax returns. Went for a walk for Animal Relief charity to clear my head and look for orchids. I did find this one in two locations Bonnet orchid - cryptostylus erecta Animals have been the

First walk back after 2 months travelling in Germany, Czechia and England I was keen to find orchids. Went for a late afternoon walk down Lovers Jump Creek. The walk follows a narrow track through a rainforest

The mission for today was to find donkey orchids. Last year I found them on the western boundary of Werakata State Conservation Area. They were growing on the road verge up against the fence not far from

I have cycled past Werataka SCA many times but never ventured into look for orchids. Buoyed with the success the day before in Werataka NP today was the day. The plan was to explore a few sections of the

I have learned not to look for orchids under the powerlines even in the National Parks. The electricity company cuts the grass and I have a feeling they use weed killer too. I had spied this powerline

Orchid spotting is a bit like detective work. Where else have I seen this? Which other locations are similar? Who else has seen anything? Is there a pattern to follow from last year? Are there any other

Spring promises sun and with the sun come the sun orchids. Today's walk mission was to go back to do the walk that I had planned a few days before. Remember that I was waylaid by some walkers and walked

Muogamarra Nature Reserve is an extraordinary place to view wildflowers in spring, just north of Sydney. It opens just 6 weekends a year, preserving the fragile ecosystems and Aboriginal cultural heritage.

I wanted to see if I could get better mayfly orchid photos in better light and to find more sun orchids flowering. So the plan was to follow the same route I had taken the walk before. I spied this little

I also wanted to take a chance that the greenhoods that my friend had seen the other day were still in flower. He had given me more precise instructions when we chatted. I needed to pop into the National

Autumn and winter has been great this year for finding greenhood orchids. They are characterised by a rosette of leaves (sometimes only two) on the ground with a bright green colour. In my walks along

Spring is the season for sun orchids. I know where I can find them on my regular bicycle training ride down to Apple Tree Bay. I had seen sun orchids on my last walk from home a few days back. So I am

Photo work for today's walk from home started in the garden with the first flowers emerging for one of my tame orchids. This orchid is native to Australia and is normally found north of the Hunter River

We drove back from Tilba Tilba around the edge of Mogo State Forest on a road I had not seen before. Tilba Valley That gave me a route idea for some cycling and orchid spotting. The route works along the

My first Australian holiday was on South Coast, NSW in Murramarang NP. Time to come back to look for orchids. The plan for the day is to cycle the 26 kms from Surf Beach - walk in three different areas

The South Coast of New South Wales is punctuated with National Parks and State Forests. We had a chance to stay in Batemans Bay in my wife's company apartment. Rent for the week was economical. We had

Few people know about the waterfall on Lovers Jump Creek. I cross above the waterfall often. Time to make a change and go and look at the waterfall for the first time. Two ways to access - the easy way