Casuarina Track reopens

Felling a little weary after an outing on the water and a longer walk today we decided to do a shorter walk and chose the Casuarina Track.  This runs from Genoa Rd to Betka Rd.  The zigzag near the start is where the track crosses Davis Creek (and the "Big Zig" is actually a switchback climbing out of the Creek).

There were some nice shiny new signs at the start!

Very close to the start this cut through shows the size of the trees in the area.

I hope they leave this sign as it is.  A genuine reminder of what happened.  I am intrigued that the plastic information sheet melted and burned but the wood was pretty muchuntouched.

As soon as we started walking we were aware of the birds calling.  Notable in this were 4 Golden Whistlers chasing each other in the canopy.  A Common Bronzewing was more relaxed.

This Brown Goshawk posed quite well (about 100 m away).  It was very vocal and was getting a response from another bird so I suspect they have eggs on their mind.

Not great floriferocity but a few Brachyscome spathulata brightened up the black.

A small colony of Leptorhyncos nitidulus were close to the start

The commonest flower (as in most areas) was Schelhammera undulata. 

Some of the fungi was on the job of decomposing the fallen timber.

Frances spotted a small colony of Peziza tenacella.  An ascomycete fungus, always associated with burnt ground.

Surprisingly there were no tree ferns shown in the gully of Davis Creek.  However small ferns are popping up elsewhere.

Some of the burnt Allocasuarinas are sprouting from the base.

On a previous visit I had concluded that those which had been cut were not sprouting.  That theory has been sisproved!

At the Betka Rd end the culvert has been replaced!

A nicer sign than the "Road Crossing ahead" which was burnt off.