Some August updates and oddments

I have added some photos and comments to the Swans and Eel Grass post.

There is a heavy crop of Caladenia catenata along Karbeethong Rd near Genoa Rd.  This close up of the labellum of one of them is nice.

Going back on the 29th I got some decent photos of a double flowered C. catenata (I noticed about 4 such specimens out of at least 200 plants) ....

 ... and finally a good shot of a very pink specimen (still with a yellow tip to the labellum).

On the heathland walk we saw our first Stackhousia monogyna on 28 August.

 Also an open Hakea decurrens 'nut'.

On 30 August we went to Gipsy Point to see if we could find a walk there.  In fact there was quite a nice walk from the boat ramp by the lodge along a Peninsula.

The only real photo op was this Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo  peering round a tree!

Much of the vegetation seemed to be introduced stuff that had escaped from gardens!  We went back to the cemetery to see if there were any orchids visible (expecting it to be too early.  So it was: 1  Caladenia catenata was the total!

It seemed very dry but we did see quite a few Drosera