Powerlines track

This is a track that runs from the end of Karbeethong Rd uphill to the Miners Track beoming, at some point the Premier track which ends up near(ish) Gipsy Point Cemetery.  It is spectacular in Spring/Summer for the orchids that grow there.

Today was a tad dreary initially as we couldn't find any flowers or birds.  Indeed birds remained scarce with 2 Common Bronzewings the only offering.  Then we spotted a flowering Xanthorrhoea: I have always thought that all the local grass trees were X, resinosa but looking more closely I think this might be X. minor lutea which is also found in this area.

The map from Flora of Victoria:

 Here is the entire plant.

 The way the leaves emerge at ground level suggest X. minor rather than the trunks of X. resinosa

Not prolific, but it was flowering!

I went back on 24 April and found another x minor that had flowered recently and apperaed to heave set seed.

There were quite a few Scaevola ramosissima.

 A solitary specimen of Lomatia ilicifolia will be photographed again when the flowers are more fully out.

A better image of the flowers from the next day.

There were a lot of Hybanthus vernonii flowers but for some reason my photos were rubbish so I won't bother your download limit with them.  This one from the next day is a bit better!