Pebbly Beach

A member of the Mallacoota Weather and Wildlife Facebook group posted about the great crop of Caladenia catenata on the track to Pebbly Beach.  So we took ourselves off there and found it to be really good.  Here are some photos.

Hardenbergia violacea

An example of Caladenia catenata.  The biggest group was at least 40 plants and my guess would be over 100 scattered through the bush.

Acacia longifolia is colouring the entire bush.

Acacia verticillata

On getting to the beach we were greeted by a single Hooded Plover

I peered closely at these Cormorants, but could only get 2 Great and 2 Little Pied.  Not all shags on rocks are lonely!

Leucopogon parviflorus

Monotoca elliptica 

Alyxia buxifolia

Leptospermum continentale

Some guys from the Shire were out fixing up wind damage.  They are doing a fine job, but didn't get over the bridge to deal with this one!

Between the bridge and the fallen tree were a good crop of Pterostylis nutans (some were in fact under the fallen tree)...

,,, and a specimen of P. melagramma (there were more of these in the bush near the Caladenias).

I think there were also some P. pedunculata there but the mosquitos drove me off before taking the photo.  (An alternative is that they were in the bush at the top where another couple we met had photographed them.)