Gipsy Point

The Wednesday Walkers followed up on a report of Parsons Bands (Eriochilus cuculatus) at the Gipsy Point cemetery.  They were there in numbers: and it was a big number - at least 100s.

 Apart from the petals resembling parts of clerical attire, from which derives the vernacular name, the overall appearance of the flower reminds me of an evangelist ranting about hellfire and damnation!

We covered the area fairly well.  (For some reason eBird prefers to record this as 0.91 km rather than the more sensible 1.29 Ha.)

Possibly the second commonest flower was Hypoxis geometrica.

A couple of colonies of Brachyscome spathulata were evident.

 Several examples of Lagenophora gracilis were found.

 One flower of Leptorhyncos nitidulus was found, and fortunately photographed.  Rumours of a "better clump over there" turned out to be Fake News!

Much of the bush around the cemetery was well burnt.  While the eucalypts seem to be sprouting well a quick glance suggested the sheokes were dead.  However raising one's eyes showed good greenery and some unburnt fruit in the top of the trees.

I suspect, based on suggestions from iNaturalist.org, this is Lycoperdon marginata.

 A Wolf Spider was ready to repel boarders!

 After checking the cemetery we went to the main part of Gipsy Point.  A large Goanna was swimming under the main jetty.

 In case you ever wondered what colour a goanna's tongue is, wonder no more: its pink!

 Looking across the Genoa River the crown of the woodland there looked to be in good order.  The understorey apparently burnt but the fire didn't crown until the top of the ridge.