Captains Creek walk-through

We decided that we'd take our visiting friends on a walk though the Captains Creek area.  After parking their car at Bucklands we all piled into the Pajero and went to the parking area off Genoa Rd.

That gave us a walk of about 9km (and cunningly about a net loss of 100m in elevation)!  Here is the first stretch, to Captains Creek Jetty.

Thanks to records in the Atlas of Living Australia and the Flora of Victoria I am able to identify this bean with a flattened stem and tiny leaves as Bossiaea ensata.

 A nice spiky wattle, of which there are several possibilities.  After reviewing flower colour, seasonality and habitat I have concluded this is Acacia oxycedrus.

 This blue jobbie has me a little bluffed at present.  I suspect it is a Lobelia from the overall shape of the flowers and leaves.  The leaves in particular suggest L. dentata.

One of the eucalypts had quite a bit of blossom - sort of visible in this image - which seemed to be attracting a Crescent Honeyeater,

Again thanks to records in the Atlas of Living Australia and the Flora of Victoria I am able to attach the name Platylobium parviflorum to this bean  I'd note that the shape of the leaves was quite crucial in coming to this conclusion.

 An easy one: Hovea heterophylla.

 Another quite easy one, as the hairiness of the flowers goes straight to Leucopogon and the pink buds takes on quite quickly to L. ericoides.

This white one should be easy but currently is not cooperating!  Thanks to Brigitta I now know  it is Rhytidosporum procumbens!

 As we got close to the Captains Creek Jetty we found a very large colony (~50 plants ) of Pterostylis grandiflora.  This is certainly the most widespread of the greenhoods we have found recently.

From the Jetty we moved on towards Bucklands  (We didn't pause long at the Jetty as the mozzies were numerous, large and hungry.)

 Our first daisy: Brachyscome spathulata.

These leaves, located in the forest on the last slope down to the Inlet, have a very orchidaceous look and feel to them. The spot was marked and we'll go back in a week or so to see what has happened.

 Possibly the leaves above are another colony of Pterostylis curta.  We found  some in flower in the Narrows.

All in all that was a pretty good walk.