Some more walks

 The weather has been quite pleasant recently so we have been doing a few walks.  The first of these was a new one, along the Genoa River Fire Trail.  I had thought this was about 1km long, but we discovered this to be a fairly significant error.  My eBird tracker came up with 3.29 km  - one way!

This is the start of the track: the first of many undulations.

After seeing several in the bush as we drove to the start, our hope was to find some Dipodium roseum (Rosy Hyacinth Orchid) as we progressed.  It took a while, but we were successful eventually.

Comesperma sp was common along the trackside, and the flowers appeared to be still developing.

As always (except for the depths of Winter) Scaevola ramossissima was common.

The pontoon was in position at the end of the track.  (Mermaids' faces have been obfuscated to prevent identification.)

That was then.  The following day (22 January) we started with the Double Creek Nature Trail in the hope f finding a Painted Red-browed Treecreeper.  (I will have commented previously that any bird with Painted in its name is a pigment of someone's imagination.)

We began up the steps, on a principle of getting the pain over early.  There is massive regrowth evident here as in so much of the area, 

Much blossom on some of the gums - not game to even call the genus.

Beside the Creek the tree ferns are magnificent.  They deserve two images.

We then crossed Genoa Rd and strolled out to the Inlet, hoping for a Painted Striated Heron/Azure Kingfisher/Lewin's Rail.

None of the above obliged but it was a very pleasant walk, with only one boggy bit.